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

Now may that bounteous dakṣiṇā be milked out as your answering gift to the singer, O Indra. Teach it to the praisers; let not our Bhaga be burnt away. May we speak the Vast in the assemblies, rich in heroic powers.

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Word by Word

• नूनम्: now; indeed
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय) < नून (प्रातिपदिक) / नु (निपात)

• सा: she; that (goddess/one)
• सा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: to/for you; your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: towards; in return
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वरम्: a choice gift; boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• जरित्रे: to the praiser (singer)
• जरित्रे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक) < √गॄ/√जर्? (स्तुति/गान-संबद्ध; ‘praiser/singer’)

• दुहीयत्: may (she) milk/yield
• दुहीयत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दुह् (दोहने)

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

• दक्षिणा: the sacrificial fee; gift
• दक्षिणा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• मघोनी: the bountiful one
• मघोनी: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मघोनी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful/wealth-giving’, fem.)

• शिक्षा: teach; grant; make (us) able
• शिक्षा: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शिक्ष् (शिक्षायाम्/प्रशिक्षणे; ‘to train, to teach; to bestow/enable’ in Vedic usage)

• स्तोतृभ्यः: to the praisers
• स्तोतृभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोतृ (प्रातिपदिक) < √स्तु (स्तुतौ)

• मातिम्: thought; inspiration
• मातिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक) < √मन् (मनने)

• धक्: indeed; just; surely
• धक्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धक् (निपात; Vedic particle, emphatic/asseverative)

• भगः: Bhaga; fortune; distributor
• भगः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: to/for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहद्वदेम: let us speak greatly (loftily)
• बृहद्वदेम: Kriyā
• Type: Verb (with adverbial qualifier)
• Root: √वद् (वदने) + बृहद् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• विदथे: in the assembly; at the rite
• विदथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदथ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘assembly/ritual gathering’)

• सुवीराः: having good heroes/sons; well-manned
• सुवीराः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवीर (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + वीर)