Rig Veda 9.4.9: Mandala 9, Sukta 4, Mantra 9
Sukta 9.4
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वां यज्ञैरवीवृधन्पवमान विधर्मणि । अथा नो वस्यसस्कृधि ॥
Transliteration
tvā́ṃ yajñáir avīvṛdhan pávamāna vídharmaṇi | áthā no vásyasas kṛdhi ||
Translation
By the sacrifices they have increased you, O purifying Soma, in the ordering of the law of works; then shape us into the better state.
Word by Word
त्वाम्you (as object)
त्वाम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञैःwith sacrifices
यज्ञैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
अवीवृधन्they increased / made grow
अवीवृधन्:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (वर्धने)
पवमानO Pavamāna (purifying Soma)
पवमान:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Root√पू (पवने/शोधने) → पवमान (प्रातिपदिक)
विधर्मणिin the rite/ordinance (proper ritual order)
विधर्मणि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootविधर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अथthen / now
अथ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वस्यसःof the better (thing), of welfare
वस्यसः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootवस्यस् (comparative adj. from वसु ‘good’)
कृधिmake / grant
कृधि:
कर्तृ (आज्ञार्थे)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
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