Rig Veda 9.70.10: Mandala 9, Sukta 70, Mantra 10

Sukta 9.70

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu) for Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

हितो न सप्तिरभि वाजमर्षेन्द्रस्येन्दो जठरमा पवस्व । नावा न सिन्धुमति पर्षि विद्वाञ्छूरो न युध्यन्नव नो निदः स्पः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.70.10

Transliteration

hitó na sáptiḥ abhí vā́jam arṣéndrasye ndo jaṭháram ā́ pavasva | nā́vā na síndhum áti parṣi vidvā́n śū́ro na yúdhyann áva no nidáḥ spaḥ ||

Translation

Tel un coursier attelé, élance-toi vers la plénitude de la force ; ô Indu, purifie-toi en entrant dans le ventre d’Indra. Tel une barque, traverse le fleuve en connaissant la voie ; tel un héros combattant, repousse loin de nous les reproches ennemis.

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Word by Word

• हितः: placed, set in motion (well-disposed/impelled)
• हितः: Kartā (with implied ‘त्वम्/इन्दो’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित (√धा) [PPP]

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सप्तिः: a steed, horse
• सप्तिः: Kartā (upamāna) / apposition to implied subject
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्ति

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• वाजम्: prize; strength; (victory-)booty
• वाजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज

• अर्षि: you rush/flow
• अर्षि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋष्

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma)
• इन्दो: Sambोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु

• जठरम्: belly, stomach
• जठरम्: Karma (goal/recipient in ‘fill’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर

• आ: to, into; fully
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• पवस्व: purify yourself; flow clear
• पवस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते) / √पु (to purify) [Vedic: पव-]

• नावा: with a boat; like a boat
• नावा: Karaṇa (upamā: ‘as with a boat’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सिन्धुम्: river; stream
• सिन्धुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु

• अति: across, beyond
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति

• पर्षि: you carry across; you ferry over
• पर्षि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ (पारयति/पर्षति) [Vedic: पर्षि]

• विद्वान्: knowing, wise
• विद्वान्: Kartā (apposition to ‘त्वम्/इन्दो’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्वस् (√विद्) [PPP/possessive adj.]

• शूरः: hero, valiant one
• शूरः: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शूर

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• युध्यन्: fighting
• युध्यन्: Kartā (apposition) / circumstantial
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √युध्

• अव: down; away; off
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव

• नः: of us; our
• नः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• निदः: reproaches; revilings
• निदः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निद्

• स्पः: ward off; remove; strike away
• स्पः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्पृ/√स्पश् (Vedic: ‘to touch/strike off, remove’)