Rig Veda 9.104.3 — Mandala 9, Sukta 104, Mantra 3

Sukta 9.104

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (in relation to Mitra-Varuṇa)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पुनाता दक्षसाधनं यथा शर्धाय वीतये । यथा मित्राय वरुणाय शंतमः ॥

Transliteration

punā́tā dakṣa-sā́dhanam yáthā śárdhāya vītáye | yáthā mitrā́ya váruṇāya śáṃtamaḥ ||

Translation

Qu’il (Soma) purifie en une force qui accomplit l’habileté et la juste capacité, — afin que la troupe puisse festoyer selon l’ordre; afin que, pour Mitra et Varuṇa, il devienne le plus bienheureux et le plus accordant.

Word by Word

• पुनाता: (he) purifies / is purifying
• पुनाता: Kartā (of the implied agent सोमः ‘Soma’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (pū) ‘to purify’

• दक्षसाधनम्: the means of शक्ति/दक्षता; the power-accomplishing (thing)
• दक्षसाधनम्: Karma (object of ‘पुनाता’)
• Type: Noun (compound) / Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दक्ष- (dakṣa ‘skill, power’) + साधन- (sādhana ‘means, accomplishing’)

• यथा: as; so that
• यथा: (relation marker; introduces purpose/analogy)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (indeclinable) from pronominal base य-

• शर्धाय: for the host/band (of worshippers/Maruts etc., context-dependent)
• शर्धाय: Sampradāna (beneficiary/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्धा- (śárdhā ‘troop, host; band’)

• वीतये: for the feast/participation (in the rite)
• वीतये: Sampradāna / Prayojana (purpose: ‘for the vīti’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीति- (vīti ‘enjoyment; feast; (ritual) enjoyment/participation’)

• यथा: as; so that
• यथा: (relation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (indeclinable)

• मित्राय: for Mitra
• मित्राय: Sampradāna (recipient)
• Type: Noun (proper deity name)
• Root: मित्र- (Mitra)

• वरुणाय: for Varuṇa
• वरुणाय: Sampradāna (recipient)
• Type: Noun (proper deity name)
• Root: वरुण- (Varuṇa)

• शंतमः: most beneficent; most auspicious
• शंतमः: Kartā / Predicative (qualifies the implied subject सोमः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शं- (śaṃ ‘well-being, auspiciousness’) + तम (superlative suffix -tama)