Rig Veda 9.44.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 44, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.44

Rishi: Ascription varies; verify RV 9.44.5 in Anukramaṇī.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with explicit linkage to Bhaga and Vāyu as recipient powers)

Chandas: To be verified for RV 9.44.5.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स नो भगाय वायवे विप्रवीरः सदावृधः । सोमो देवेष्वा यमत् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.44.5

Transliteration

sá no bhágāya vāyáve víprāvīraḥ sadā́vṛdhaḥ | sómo devéṣv ā́ yamat ||

Translation

May Soma, ever-growing and rich in inspired energies, come for us toward Bhaga and Vāyu; may he yoke himself into the divine powers, so that fortune and the life-breath of the gods may move in our being.

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Word by Word

• सः: he (that Soma)
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (स-आदेशः) सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• नः: for us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• भगाय: for (bestowing) fortune / Bhaga
• भगाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग प्रातिपदिक

• वायवे: to Vāyu
• वायवे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: वायु प्रातिपदिक

• विप्रवीरः: having inspired/wise heroes (or: having poets as heroes)
• विप्रवीरः: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्र-वीर (समासः) प्रातिपदिक

• सदावृधः: ever-increasing / ever-growing
• सदावृधः: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदा-अवृध् (समासः) प्रातिपदिक

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम प्रातिपदिक

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव प्रातिपदिक

• आ: towards / unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• यमत्: may he guide/lead (bring)
• यमत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् धातुः (यमुँ उपरमे/नियमे; वेदे ‘to guide/lead/hold’)