Rig Veda 9.4.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 4, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.4
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सना च सोम जेषि च पवमान महि श्रवः । अथा नो वस्यसस्कृधि ॥
Transliteration
sanā́ ca soma jeṣi ca pávamāna máhi śrávaḥ | áthā no vásyasas kṛdhi ||
Translation
O Soma, siege immer wieder für uns; o Pavamāna, erringe gewaltigen Ruhm. Dann forme uns zu lichtvollerem Wohlergehen.
Word by Word
सनाfrom of old; always
सना:
Adhikaraṇa (kāla-adhikaraṇa)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसना (avyaya-prātipadika; from PIE *sen- ‘old’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (avyaya)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
Sambodhana (addressed)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (prātipadika)
जेषिwin!; conquer!
जेषि:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजि (धातु; जये)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (avyaya)
पवमानO Pavamāna (self-purifying one)
पवमान:
Sambodhana (addressed)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootपवमान (kṛdanta-prātipadika; √पू ‘to purify’ > पवते; pres. ptc. med.)
महिgreatly; much
महि:
Karma/Viśeṣaṇa of action (manner/intensity)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमहि (avyaya; from मह्/महत् ‘great’)
श्रवःfame; glory
श्रवः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्रवस् (prātipadika; from √श्रु ‘to hear’)
अथाthen; thereafter
अथा:
Adhikaraṇa (kāla/sequence)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथा (avyaya)
नःof us; for us
नः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor/for us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वस्यसःof the better (good); of greater benefit
वस्यसः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (of the better/greater good)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootवस्यस् (comparative prātipadika of वसु ‘good’)
कृधिmake!; do!
कृधि:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु; करणे)
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