Rig Veda 9.9.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 9, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.9

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with explicit address to Indra as the receiver/ordainer of the work)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ता अभि सन्तमस्तृतं महे युवानमा दधुः । इन्दुमिन्द्र तव व्रते ॥

Transliteration

tā́ abhi sántam ástṛtaṃ mahé yúvānam ā́ dadhuḥ | índum indra táva vraté ||

Translation

Sie setzten den Soma im rechten Gang ein — hin zu dem wahrhaft Gegenwärtigen, Ungefallenen, zur großen jugendlichen Macht; o Indra, sie gründeten den Indu in deinem vrata, im Gesetz des göttlichen Wirkens.

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Word by Word

• ताः: those (them)
• ताः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, over
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सन्तम्: being, existent
• सन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: सत् (√अस् ‘to be’ → वर्तमान कृदन्त ‘being’)

• अस्तृतम्: unspread/uncarpeted; (ritually) not yet strewn
• अस्तृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (past participial)
• Root: √स्तॄ/स्तृ (स्तरणे ‘to spread/cover’) + नञ्-अ (अ-)

• महे: for the great (one)
• महे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• युवानम्: the young one
• युवानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: unto, into; (with √धा) ‘in place/into’
• आ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दधुः: they have placed/they placed
• दधुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे ‘to place/put’)

• इन्दुम्: Indu; Soma-drop
• इन्दुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्वद्/तव

• व्रते: in (your) ordinance/vow; in your sacred order
• व्रते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)