Rig Veda 8.89.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 89, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.89
Rishi: Gautama (Gautama family context continues into 8.89 in many traditions; exact assignment should be confirmed in Anukramaṇī)
Devata: Indra (probable, due to epithet girvāṇas; verse also invokes Sūrya and tapas imagery)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आमासु पक्वमैरय आ सूर्यं रोहयो दिवि । घर्मं न सामन्तपता सुवृक्तिभिर्जुष्टं गिर्वणसे बृहत् ॥
Transliteration
āmā́su pakvám airaya ā́ sū́ryaṃ rohayo diví | gharmáṃ ná sā́man tapata suvṛ́ktibhir júṣṭaṃ gírvāṇase bṛhát ||
Translation
你从生涩之中唤起成熟之力；你使太阳登上天穹。在天上，你令那广大者——为歌颂者（Gīrvaṇas）所悦纳、由我们善构之颂词所迎——如同炽热之炉（gharma）般燃耀，成为圣歌（sāman）而灼然。
Word by Word
आमासुamong/in the unripe (things)
आमासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootआम (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *h₂eh₁m- ‘कच्चा/अपरिपक्व’
पक्वम्the ripe (thing)
पक्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (acc. used as object)
Rootपक्व (कृदन्त-विशेषण) < √पच् ‘पाक/पचन’
ऐरयःyou set in motion / you raised
ऐरयः:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√ईर्/ईरय् ‘प्रेरणे/उत्थापने’
आup, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सूर्यम्the Sun
सूर्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
रोहयःyou cause to mount / you make rise
रोहयः:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√रुह् (कारयति) ‘आरोहणे/उत्थापने’ → रोहयति
दिविin heaven / in the sky
दिवि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘द्युलोक/स्वर्ग’
घर्मम्the hot drink/oblation (gharma)
घर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootघर्म (प्रातिपदिक) ‘घर्म/उष्णता; घर्म-यज्ञपेय’
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
सामन्तपताthe one who heats thoroughly / the all-heating one
सामन्तपता:
Kartā (as epithet of the addressed deity)
TypeNoun/Agent noun (epithet)
Rootसम्-√तप् ‘तापने’ (उपसर्ग सम्) → साम्- (सन्ध्यात्मक) + अन्तपता (विधेय-नाम)
सुवृक्तिभिःwith well-formed hymns
सुवृक्तिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसु-वृक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘सु- (good) + वृक्ति (praise/utterance)’
जुष्टम्pleasing, accepted
जुष्टम्:
Karma (as ‘accepted/pleasing’ object)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootजुष्ट (कृदन्त) < √जुष् ‘सेवने/प्रीतौ’
गिर्वणसेfor the praise-delighting one (Indra)
गिर्वणसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootगिर्वणस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘स्तोत्रप्रिय/गिर्-वणस्’ (देव-विशेषण, प्रायः इन्द्रस्य)
बृहत्great, lofty
बृहत्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘महान्’
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