Rig Veda 8.97.12: Mandala 8, Sukta 97, Mantra 12

Sukta 8.97

Rishi: Unknown/uncertain (Anukramaṇī attribution not provided in input)

Devata: Indra-associated circle (likely Indra and his aiding powers/Marut-like companions implied by plural address)

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (confirm by scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नेमिं नमन्ति चक्षसा मेषं विप्रा अभिस्वरा । सुदीतयो वो अद्रुहोऽपि कर्णे तरस्विनः समृक्वभिः ॥

Transliteration

némim namanti cákṣasā meṣáṃ víprā abhí-svarā | su-dītáyo vo adrúho ’pí kárṇe tarásvinaḥ sám ṛkvá-bhiḥ ||

Translation

دریاؤں والے رشی اپنی نظر سے دائرے کو میڑھ کی طرف جھکاتے ہیں، اپنی گاتھا گاتے ہوئے۔ روشن شعلے والے اور بغیر دشمنی کے، آپ کے تیز فتح کرنے والے اپنی مناجاتوں سے کان میں داخل ہوں، تاکہ سننا طاقت کے لیے ایک دروازہ بن جائے۔

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Word by Word

• नेमिम्: the felly/rim (of a wheel)
• नेमिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेमि (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *nem- ‘to allot/assign; rim/limit’

• नमन्ति: they bend/bow
• नमन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नम् (नमँ) ‘to bend, bow’

• चक्षसा: with (their) sight/eye
• चक्षसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘eye, sight; (also) look/vision’

• मेषम्: the ram
• मेषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेष (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ram’

• विप्राः: the seers/poets
• विप्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) ‘inspired sage, poet’

• अभिस्वराः: chanting/intoning (towards), responsive in song
• अभिस्वराः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-स्वर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sounding/chanting towards; responsive in song’

• सुदीतयः: bright-shining (ones)
• सुदीतयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दीत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) < √दी (दीप्तौ) ‘to shine’ → दीत ‘bright’

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अद्रुहः: non-harmful, non-deceitful
• अद्रुहः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-द्रुह् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘non-injuring, not deceitful’ < √द्रुह् ‘to harm, deceive’

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• कर्णे: in/at the ear
• कर्णे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ear’

• तरस्विनः: vigorous/strong (ones)
• तरस्विनः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘strong, vigorous, impetuous’

• समृक्वभिः: with skilled chanters / with good reciters
• समृक्वभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: समृक्वन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘one who sings/recites well; skilled chanter’