Rig Veda 9.47.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 47, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.47
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कृतानीदस्य कर्त्वा चेतन्ते दस्युतर्हणा । ऋणा च धृष्णुश्चयते ॥
Transliteration
kṛtā́nīd asya kártvā cétante dasyu-tárhaṇā | ṛṇā́ ca dhṛṣṇúś cayate ||
Translation
Lo hecho por él y sus obras despiertan a la conciencia; él es el abatidor de la fuerza dásyu. Y reúne tanto las deudas (por saldar) como los poderes audaces, dominándolos.
Word by Word
कृतानिthe deeds, the things done
कृतानि:
Karma (object of चेतन्ते: ‘they perceive/recognize the deeds’)
TypeNoun (verbal noun/PPP used substantively)
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
ईत्indeed, just
ईत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootईत् (निपात/अव्यय; emphatic particle)
अस्यof him, of this (one)
अस्य:
Sambandha (genitive: ‘of him/this one’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कर्त्वाthe act of doing; performance
कर्त्वा:
Karma (appositional/explicative to कृतानि: ‘the doing/act’)
TypeNoun (action-noun)
Rootकृ (धातु) → कर्त्व (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
चेतन्तेthey perceive/recognize
चेतन्ते:
Kriyā (finite verb); Kartā implied (they)
TypeVerb
Rootचित् (धातु; ‘to perceive/notice/understand’)
दस्युतर्हणाdasyu-smiting; slayer of the Dasyus
दस्युतर्हणा:
Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier of the praised deity/agent, implicit)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootदस्यु-तर्हण (प्रातिपदिक; compound)
ऋणाdebts; obligations
ऋणा:
Karma (object of चयते: ‘he heaps up debts/obligations’)
TypeNoun
Rootऋण (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
धृष्णुःthe bold one; the daring (one)
धृष्णुः:
Kartā (subject of चयते)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootधृष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bold, daring’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
चयतेhe heaps up; accumulates
चयते:
Kriyā (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootचि (धातु; ‘to heap up, pile, accumulate’)
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