Rig Veda 8.83.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 83, Mantra 8

Sukta 8.83

Devata: Devas (collective), with emphasis on shared origin/kinship

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र भ्रातृत्वं सुदानवोऽध द्विता समान्या । मातुर्गर्भे भरामहे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.83.8

Transliteration

prá bhrātṛtváṃ su-dā́navo’ dha dvitā́ samā́nyā | mātúr gárbhe bharāmahe ||

Translation

O generous ones, we foster the sense of brotherhood—again and again, in common oneness—as if borne within the Mother’s womb, to be formed into a single harmony.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• भ्रातृत्वम्: brotherhood, fraternal bond
• भ्रातृत्वम्: Karma (object/goal notion with प्र) / (also possible as predicate-accusative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृत्व (प्रातिपदिक; from भ्रातृ + -त्व)

• सुदानवः: O generous ones
• सुदानवः: Sambodhana (addressed persons)
• Type: Noun (epithet/vocative plural)
• Root: सुदानु (प्रातिपदिक; su- + दानु ‘giving’)

• अध: then, moreover
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (particle)

• द्विता: again, a second time
• द्विता: —
• Type: Indeclinable (adverb)
• Root: द्विता (adverb from द्वि)

• समान्या: common(ality), shared (state)
• समान्या: Kartā (subject of implied ‘is/comes’), or predicate with ellipsis
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun-like
• Root: समान्य (प्रातिपदिक; from समान ‘same’)

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• गर्भे: in the womb
• गर्भे: Adhikaraṇa (locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• भरामहे: we bear/carry (we hold)
• भरामहे: Kartā (we) with implied object ‘(it/this)’
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भृञ्) ‘to bear, carry’