Rig Veda 9.87.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 87, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.87
Rishi: Unspecified here; hymn-level Anukramaṇī needed.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna with explicit relation to Indra (Soma for Indra).
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (requires verification).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एष स्य ते मधुमाँ इन्द्र सोमो वृषा वृष्णे परि पवित्रे अक्षाः । सहस्रसाः शतसा भूरिदावा शश्वत्तमं बर्हिरा वाज्यस्थात् ॥
Transliteration
eṣá syá te mádhumān indra sómo vṛ́ṣā vṛ́ṣṇe pári pavítre akṣāḥ | sahasrasā́ḥ śatasā́ bhūridā́vā śaśvattamáṃ bárhir ā́ vājī́ asthāt ||
Translation
هذا هو سوماكَ المُعسَّل، يا إندرا؛ ثورٌ للثور، قد جرى مُحيطًا بالمِصفاة. ظافرُ الألف، ظافرُ المئة، واهبُ الوفرة—ذاك الدائمُ المفعمُ بالقوّة قد ثبتَ على المقعدِ المقدّس.
Word by Word
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्यःhe/that (one)
स्यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootस (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-रूप)
तेto/for you; your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मधुमान्honeyed, sweet
मधुमान्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
(Address)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषाthe bull; vigorous one
वृषा:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
वृष्णेfor the bull (i.e., for Indra)
वृष्णे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround, about
परि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पवित्रेin/at the filter (sieve)
पवित्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अक्षाःhas moved/has coursed (around)
अक्षाः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb (finite)
Rootअक्ष् (धातु: अक्ष्/अश् ‘to reach, pervade’ → कृत्/प्रातिपदिक ‘अक्ष’); वैदिके ‘अक्ष’ = ‘अक्षन्/अक्ष’ (to move/drive) इत्यपि व्याख्या
सहस्रसाःwinning/bringing a thousand (gains)
सहस्रसाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-स (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास; ‘सहस्र’ + ‘स’/‘सा’ ‘winning/bringing’)
शतसाःwinning/bringing a hundred (gains)
शतसाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootशत-स (समास; ‘शत’ + ‘स’/‘सा’)
भूरिदावाabundantly giving
भूरिदावा:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootभूरि-दावन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘much-giving’)
शश्वत्तमम्the most enduring, ever-lasting
शश्वत्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशश्वत्-तम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative)
बर्हिःsacrificial grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
(Preverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वाज्यस्थात्has stood/has taken position (as prize-winning/bringing vāja)
वाज्यस्थात्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb (finite) / Kṛdanta-based form
Rootस्था (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) ; ‘वाज्य’ (प्रातिपदिक) + स्था → वाज्य-स्थात् (कृदन्त/समास-रूप)
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