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Mantra 5

Sukta 89

धनं न स्पन्द्रं बहुलं यो अस्मै तीव्रान्त्सोमां आसुनोति प्रयस्वान्। तस्मै शत्रून्त्सुतुकान् प्रातरह्नो नि स्वष्ट्रान् युवति हन्ति वृत्रम्

dhánaṃ ná spándraṃ bahuláṃ yó asmai tīvrā́n sómān āsunóti práyasvān | tásmai śátrūn sutúkān prā́tar-ahno ní svaṣṭrā́n yúvati hánti vr̥trám ||

Like wealth that quivers, abundant, he—well-nourished—who for him presses out the sharp Soma-draughts: for that man, morning and through the day, he drives the well-arrayed foes down, and smites the Obstruction, Vṛtra.

धनम्wealth
धनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधन (प्रातिपदिक) / धन
not / like (in comparison: ‘not as…’)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
स्पन्द्रम्fickle, unsteady, wavering
स्पन्द्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्पन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) < √स्पन्द्
बहुलम्abundant, much
बहुलम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुल (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मैto him
अस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअयम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तीव्रान्strong, sharp
तीव्रान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootतीव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमान्Soma-juices / Soma (draughts)
सोमान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
आसुनोतिpresses out, expresses
आसुनोति:
TypeVerb
Root√सु (सुनोति) with आ-
प्रयस्वान्possessing nourishment/abundance; thriving
प्रयस्वान्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रयस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वत्
तस्मैto him
तस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शत्रून्enemies
शत्रून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतुकान्easily overcome / readily subdued
सुतुकान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसुतुक (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रातरह्नःin the morning (at daybreak)
प्रातरह्नः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial compound)
Rootप्रातरह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
निdown, away (prefix)
नि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि
स्वष्ट्रान्well-armed / well-equipped (lit. ‘having good implements’)
स्वष्ट्रान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
युवतिyokes, harnesses; sets in motion
युवति:
TypeVerb
Root√यु (युनक्ति) / युवति (क्रियापद-रूप)
हन्तिslays
हन्ति:
TypeVerb
Root√हन्
वृत्रम्Vṛtra (the obstructor); obstruction
वृत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: RV-derived Indra tradition (not determinable from excerpt alone)

Devata: Indra (Vṛtra-slayer), with Soma as enabling power

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (verification pending)

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