Rig Veda 9.43.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 43, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.43
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो अत्य इव मृज्यते गोभिर्मदाय हर्यतः । तं गीर्भिर्वासयामसि ॥
Transliteration
yó átyaḥ-iva mṛ́jyate góbhir mádāya haryatáḥ | táṃ gī́rbhir vāsayāmasi ||
Translation
Celui qui se purifie comme un coursier rapide, par les rayons‑«vaches» pour l’ivresse sacrée — le doré: nous le revêtons et le faisons resplendir par nos hymnes inspirés.
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)
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