Mantra 1
Sukta 9.43
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो अत्य इव मृज्यते गोभिर्मदाय हर्यतः । तं गीर्भिर्वासयामसि ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
यो अत्य॑ इव मृ॒ज्यते॒ गोभि॒र्मदा॑य हर्य॒तः । तं गी॒र्भिर्वा॑सयामसि ॥
Transliteration
yó átyaḥ-iva mṛ́jyate góbhir mádāya haryatáḥ | táṃ gī́rbhir vāsayāmasi ||
Translation
He who is cleansed like a swift steed by the rays of illumination for the ecstasy, the golden-hued one—him we clothe and make radiant with our inspired hymns.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
यः । अत्यः॑ऽइव । मृ॒ज्यते॑ । गोभिः॑ । मदा॑य । ह॒र्य॒तः । तम् । गीः॒ऽभिः । वा॒स॒या॒म॒सि॒ ॥यः । अत्यःइव । मृज्यते । गोभिः । मदाय । हर्यतः । तम् । गीःभिः । वासयामसि ॥yaḥ | atyaḥ-iva | mṛjyate | gobhiḥ | madāya | haryataḥ | tam | gīḥ-bhiḥ | vāsayāmasi
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-कर्ता; मुख्यक्रियायाः कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अत्यःa steed, a horse
अत्यः:
Kartā (यः…अत्यः = ‘who, (as) a steed’)
TypeNoun
Rootअत्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अश्व/घोटक’ अर्थे)
इवlike, as
इव:
— (उपमान-निर्देशक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
मृज्यतेis cleansed / is purified
मृज्यते:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया); कर्ता = अत्यः/यः
TypeVerb
Root√मृज् (मार्जने ‘to wipe/clean/purify’)
गोभिःwith cows (with milk, with cow(-products))
गोभिः:
Karaṇa (करणम्—‘by/with cows’, i.e., with milk/with cow-products; ritual sense)
TypeNoun
Rootगो- (प्रातिपदिक)
मदायfor exhilaration, for rapture
मदाय:
Sampradāna / Prayojana (उद्देश्यः—‘for exhilaration/for intoxication’)
TypeNoun
Rootमद- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मद/हर्ष/उन्माद/उत्साह’)
हर्यतःof the tawny/gleaming one
हर्यतः:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः; मदाय—‘for the exhilaration of the gleaming one’)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√हृ (हरि-भावे/हरित-गमने; ‘to become tawny/gleam, to be golden’) → हर्यत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
तम्him, that one
तम्:
Karma (वाच्यकर्म—‘him/that one’ of वासयामसि)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गीर्भिःwith hymns, with songs
गीर्भिः:
Karaṇa (करणम्—‘with hymns/with songs’)
TypeNoun
Rootगीर्/गिर्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्तुति/वाक्/गीत’)
वासयामसिwe clothe/adorn (we invest)
वासयामसि:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया); कर्ता = वयम् (अस्मदर्थः) ; कर्म = तम्
TypeVerb
Root√वास् (वासने ‘to clothe/cover’; causative: वासयति ‘to cause to be clothed/adorn’)
इतिthus (end marker)
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (निपात)