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Rig Veda 2.17.9: Mandala 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 9

Sukta 2.17

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Indra (with Bhaga/portion motif)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नूनं सा ते प्रति वरं जरित्रे दुहीयदिन्द्र दक्षिणा मघोनी । शिक्षा स्तोतृभ्यो माति धग्भगो नो बृहद्वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 2.17.9
Transliteration

nūnáṃ sā́ te práti váraṃ jaritré duhīyád indra dákṣiṇā maghónī | śíkṣā stotṛ́bhyo mā́ti dhag bhágo no bṛhád vadema vidáthē suvī́rāḥ ||

Translation

Nun möge jene freigebige Dakṣiṇā als deine erwidernde Gabe dem Sänger gemolken werden, o Indra. Lehre sie die Lobpreisenden; unser Bhaga werde nicht verbrannt. Mögen wir das Weite im Opfer‑Zusammentreffen verkünden, reich an heldischer Kraft.

Word by Word
नूनम्now; indeed
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (अव्यय) < नून (प्रातिपदिक) / नु (निपात)
साshe; that (goddess/one)
सा:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेto/for you; your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिtowards; in return
प्रति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वरम्a choice gift; boon
वरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
जरित्रेto the praiser (singer)
जरित्रे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक) < √गॄ/√जर्? (स्तुति/गान-संबद्ध; ‘praiser/singer’)
दुहीयत्may (she) milk/yield
दुहीयत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√दुह् (दोहने)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
दक्षिणाthe sacrificial fee; gift
दक्षिणा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
मघोनीthe bountiful one
मघोनी:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootमघोनी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful/wealth-giving’, fem.)
शिक्षाteach; grant; make (us) able
शिक्षा:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√शिक्ष् (शिक्षायाम्/प्रशिक्षणे; ‘to train, to teach; to bestow/enable’ in Vedic usage)
स्तोतृभ्यःto the praisers
स्तोतृभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोतृ (प्रातिपदिक) < √स्तु (स्तुतौ)
मातिम्thought; inspiration
मातिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमति (प्रातिपदिक) < √मन् (मनने)
धक्indeed; just; surely
धक्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootधक् (निपात; Vedic particle, emphatic/asseverative)
भगःBhaga; fortune; distributor
भगः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभग (प्रातिपदिक)
नःto/for us; our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
बृहद्वदेमlet us speak greatly (loftily)
बृहद्वदेम:
Kriyā
TypeVerb (with adverbial qualifier)
Root√वद् (वदने) + बृहद् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
विदथेin the assembly; at the rite
विदथे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootविदथ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘assembly/ritual gathering’)
सुवीराःhaving good heroes/sons; well-manned
सुवीराः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसुवीर (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + वीर)
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