Rig Veda 9.48.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 48, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.48

Devata: Soma (Pavamāna), with ṛta-guardian (gopā ṛtasya) emphasis

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विश्वस्मा इत्स्वर्दृशे साधारणं रजस्तुरम् । गोपामृतस्य विर्भरत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.48.4

Transliteration

víśvasmā ít svàr-dṛśe sā́dhāraṇaṃ rajás-turám | gopā́m ṛtásya vír bharat ||

Translation

Jedem, der das Licht (svar) schaut, bringt er den gemeinsamen Schatz, rasch durch die Lufträume, und bringt den Hüter der Wahrheit (ṛta).

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Word by Word

• विश्वस्मै: to/for all (to everyone)
• विश्वस्मै: सम्प्रदान (recipient/for whom)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (sarva/viśva-)

• इत्: indeed; just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (particle)

• स्वर्दृशे: for the heaven-seeing (one); for heavenly vision
• स्वर्दृशे: सम्प्रदान (goal/for the seer of heaven / for heavenly vision)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound)
• Root: स्वर्दृश् (svar-dṛś-) < स्वः + दृश्

• साधारणम्: common; shared
• साधारणम्: कर्म (as predicate/object: ‘a common [realm/space]’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधारण (sādhāraṇa-) < साध + धृ (semantic: ‘common/held together’)

• रजः: the airy space; mid-region; realm
• रजः: कर्म (object: ‘the midspace/region’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (rajas-)

• तुरम्: swift; impetuous; overcoming
• तुरम्: कर्म (qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुर (tura-) < √तुर्/√तॄ (to overcome, be swift/strong)

• गोपा: the protector/guardian (of cows; protector)
• गोपा: कर्ता (agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपा (gopā-) < गो + √पा (to protect)

• अमृतस्य: of immortality; of the nectar
• अमृतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (amṛta-)

• विः: apart; widely; forth
• विः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विः (particle/prefixal adverb)

• भरत्: bears; brings; carries
• भरत्: क्रिया (with कर्ता = गोपा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (to bear, bring, support)