Rig Veda 8.9.3 — Mandala 8, Sukta 9, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.9

Rishi: Kāṇva

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ये वां दंसांस्यश्विना विप्रासः परिमामृशुः । एवेत्काण्वस्य बोधतम् ॥

Transliteration

yé vā́m daṃsā́ṃsy aśvinā víprāsaḥ parimāmr̥śúḥ | évét kā́ṇvasya bodhatam ||

Translation

Those inspired seers who have touched and encompassed your wonder-works, O Ashvins—by that very knowledge, awaken to the call of the Kāṇva.

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• वाम्: you two; of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (द्विवचन-रूपम्)

• दंसांसि: wondrous deeds, marvels
• दंसांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दंसस् (प्रātipadika; n.)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins
• अश्विना: (Address)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रātipadika; dual deity-name)

• विप्रासः: inspired seers, poets
• विप्रासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रātipadika)

• परि: around, about; fully
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (upasarga/avyaya)

• मामृशुः: have touched/handled; have approached
• मामृशुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृश् (धातु; ‘to touch, handle, consider’)

• एव: just so, indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (avyaya)

• इत्: indeed, precisely
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (avyaya; emphatic particle)

• काण्वस्य: of Kaṇva (the seer)
• काण्वस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (patronymic)
• Root: काण्व (प्रātipadika; patronymic ‘of Kaṇva’)

• बोधतम्: be aware; take notice; understand (you two)
• बोधतम्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु; ‘to notice, awaken, understand’)