Rig Veda 9.108.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 108, Mantra 3
Sukta 9.108
Devata: Soma Pavamana
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वं ह्यङ्ग दैव्या पवमान जनिमानि द्युमत्तमः । अमृतत्वाय घोषयः ॥
Transliteration
tváṃ hí aṅga daivyā́ pávamāna jánimāni dyumát-tamaḥ | amṛtatvā́ya ghoṣáyaḥ ||
Translation
فَإِنَّكَ حَقًّا، أَيُّهَا البَافَمَانَا (Pavamāna) الإِلَهِيُّ، الأَشَدُّ امْتِلَاءً بِالنُّورِ، تُعْلِنُ المَوَالِيدَ/التَكَوُّنَاتِ الَّتِي تَقُودُ إِلَى الخُلُودِ.
Word by Word
त्वम्thou, you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
अङ्गO! (emphatic particle)
अङ्ग:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअङ्ग (निपात)
दैव्याdivine
दैव्या:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootदैव्य (देव + यत्)
पवमानpurifying (Soma)
पवमान:
कर्तृ (सम्बोधन/विशेष्य)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootपवमान (√पू/√पु ‘to purify’ से वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
जनिमानिbirths, begettings, generations
जनिमानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootजनिमन् (√जन् ‘to be born’ से नामधातु/कृदन्त-निर्मित नपुंसक)
द्युमत्तमःmost splendid
द्युमत्तमः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्युमत् (द्युमन् ‘splendour’ + मतुप्) + तमप् (सुपरलेटिव)
अमृतत्वायfor immortality
अमृतत्वाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootअमृतत्व (अमृत + त्व)
घोषयःthou proclaimest / makest resound
घोषयः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√घुष्/घोष् (causative: घोषयति ‘to cause to sound/proclaim’)
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