Rig Veda 9.21.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 21, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.21
Devata: Soma Pavamana
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एते विश्वानि वार्या पवमानास आशत । हिता न सप्तयो रथे ॥
Transliteration
eté víśvāni vā́ryā pávamānāsa āśata | hitā́ ná saptáyo rathé ||
Translation
هؤلاء السُّوما المُنقُّون يَنالون كلَّ الكنوزِ المرغوبة؛ مُثبَّتين كسبعةِ جيادٍ مُقترنةٍ في عربة، يمضون بقوّةٍ مُنظَّمة.
Word by Word
एतेthese
एते:
कर्तृ (with आशत)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootएतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
विश्वानिall (things), everything
विश्वानि:
कर्म (object of आशत)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (prātipadika)
वार्याdesirable (goods/treasures)
वार्या:
कर्म (in apposition to विश्वानि)
TypeNoun/Adjective (substantivized)
Rootवार्य (prātipadika; from वरी/वृ ‘to choose’, ‘choice, desirable’)
पवमानासःthe purifying ones (Soma streams)
पवमानासः:
कर्तृ (of आशत)
TypeParticiple (adjectival noun)
Rootपवमान (kṛdanta-prātipadika; pres. mid. participle of √पू/√पु ‘to purify, cleanse’)
आशतhave reached/attained
आशत:
क्रिया (predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (to reach, attain) with preverb आ-
हिताःplaced, set
हिताः:
कर्तृ (elliptically with implied ‘are/stand’)
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Rootहित (kṛdanta-prātipadika; past passive participle of √धा ‘to place’)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
सप्तयःteams of horses/mare-teams
सप्तयः:
कर्तृ (of implied ‘are set/stand yoked’)
TypeNoun
Rootसप्ति (prātipadika; ‘mare/horse’, esp. team-horse)
रथेon the chariot
रथे:
अधिकरण (locus: ‘on/in the chariot’)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (prātipadika)
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