Rig Veda 9.37.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 37, Mantra 5
Sukta 9.37
Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with Indraic Vṛtra-slaying function)
Chandas: Undetermined here (likely Jagatī/Triṣṭubh band)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स वृत्रहा वृषा सुतो वरिवोविददाभ्यः । सोमो वाजमिवासरत् ॥
Transliteration
sa vṛtra-hā vṛṣā suto varivo-vid adābhyaḥ | somo vājam ivāsarat ||
Translation
He, the slayer of Vṛtra, the strong Bull pressed out, the finder of the wide path, the invincible Soma, has streamed forth like plenitude itself.
Word by Word
सःhe (that one)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
वृत्रहाVṛtra-slayer
वृत्रहा:
Kartā (सः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootवृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + हन् ‘to slay’)
वृषाthe bull; vigorous one
वृषा:
Kartā (सः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा वृषा- (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
सुतःpressed (Soma); the pressed one
सुतः:
Kartā (सः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple (Adjectival) / Noun
Root√सु (सुनोति ‘to press/express (Soma)’) → सुत (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि/कृत)
वरिवोविद्finder/procurer of room (favor, free scope)
वरिवोविद्:
Kartā (सः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootवरिवस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘wide space, room, favor’) + √विद् (‘to know/find’) → विद् (कृदन्त/नामधातु-समास; ‘one who finds/procures’)
ददाभ्यःto/for the givers (bestowers)
ददाभ्यः:
Sampradāna (beneficiaries: ‘to/for the givers’)
TypeNoun (agent noun) / Epithet
Root√दा (ददाति ‘to give’) → ददाभि- (प्रातिपदिक; ददाभ्यः = ददाभि + भ्यस्)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
वाजम्prize; strength
वाजम्:
Karma (उपमान-आश्रयः; ‘like a prize/strength’)
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
असरत्flowed; ran forth
असरत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√सृ (सरति ‘to flow, run’) with preverb आ- (आसरत्)
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