Rig Veda 9.9.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 9, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.9
Devata: Soma (Pavamāna)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स सप्त धीतिभिर्हितो नद्यो अजिन्वदद्रुहः । या एकमक्षि वावृधुः ॥
Transliteration
sá saptá dhītíbhir hitó nádyo ajinvad adrúhaḥ | yā́ ékam ákṣi vāvṛdhuḥ ||
Translation
He, set in motion by seven inspirations, impels the rivers that do not betray the Truth—those that enlarge the one Eye of vision.
Word by Word
सःhe (that one)
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तseven
सप्त:
—
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootसप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
धीतिभिःwith (his) thoughts/insights/hymnic inspirations
धीतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootधीति (प्रातिपदिक; √धी/√ध्यै ‘to think, to meditate’ से)
हितःset in motion / impelled / established
हितः:
कर्तृ (कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootहित (कृदन्त; √धा ‘to place’ → धित/हित ‘placed, set, impelled’)
नद्यःrivers
नद्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootनदी (प्रातिपदिक)
अजिन्वत्impelled / set (them) in motion
अजिन्वत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√जिव्/√जिन् (Vedic) ‘to set in motion, impel, quicken’
अद्रुहःnon-hostile / unharming
अद्रुहः:
कर्तृ (कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअद्रुह् (प्रातिपदिक; a- + द्रुह् ‘injuring, hostile’)
याःwhich (rivers)
याः:
कर्तृ
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एकम्one
एकम्:
कर्म (वावृधुः इत्यस्य)
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootएक (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
अक्षिeye (single eye)
अक्षि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
वावृधुःthey have made grow / they strengthened
वावृधुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् ‘to grow, increase, strengthen’
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