Rig Veda 8.9.2 — Mandala 8, Sukta 9, Mantra 2

Sukta 8.9

Rishi: Kāṇva tradition

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; short verse)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यदन्तरिक्षे यद्दिवि यत्पञ्च मानुषाँ अनु । नृम्णं तद्धत्तमश्विना ॥

Transliteration

yád antárikṣe yád diví yát páñca mā́nuṣāṃ ánu | nr̥mṇáṃ tád dhattam aśvinā ||

Translation

Whatever the heroic strength is in the mid-world, whatever in heaven, whatever follows the five peoples—grant that power to us, O Ashvins.

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever / that which
• यत्: सम्बन्ध/निर्देशक (correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable (relative pronoun used adverbially)
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the mid-air, atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (prātipadika)

• यत्: whatever / that which
• यत्: सम्बन्ध/निर्देशक
• Type: Indeclinable (relative pronoun used adverbially)
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• दिवि: in heaven, in the sky
• दिवि: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (prātipadika: दिव्/द्यौः)

• यत्: whatever / that which
• यत्: सम्बन्ध/निर्देशक
• Type: Indeclinable (relative pronoun used adverbially)
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: विशेषण (मानुषानाम्)
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्चन् (saṅkhyā-prātipadika)

• मानुषान्: the (five) men / human clans
• मानुषान्: कर्म (अनु के साथ: ‘following/along the five men’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मानुष (prātipadika)

• अनु: along, after, according to
• अनु: कर्म-प्रवचनिय (द्वितीयां नियच्छति)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: अनु (upasarga/avyaya)

• नृम्णम्: manly might, strength, heroic power
• नृम्णम्: कर्म (दधत्तम् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृम्ण (prātipadika)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (emphatic resumptive: ‘that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• धत्तम्: place, bestow (you two)
• धत्तम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) < धत्तम्

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative of deity)
• Root: अश्विन् (prātipadika; dual deity-name)