Rig Veda 9.8.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 8, Mantra 7
Sukta 9.8
Rishi: unknown (not supplied in input)
Devata: Soma (Indu/Pavamāna)
Chandas: unknown (not supplied in input)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मघोन आ पवस्व नो जहि विश्वा अप द्विषः । इन्दो सखायमा विश ॥
Transliteration
maghóna ā́ pavasva no jahí víśvā apa dvíṣaḥ | índo sakhā́yam ā́ víśa ||
Translation
Ô généreux, coule vers nous dans ta purification ; frappe au loin toutes les puissances hostiles. Ô Indu, entre en nous comme ami et compagnon — au-dedans.
Word by Word
मघोनःof the bountiful one (patron/possessor of gifts)
मघोनः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, forth
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण (directional)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पवस्वpurify/flow (as Soma), stream forth
पवस्व:
क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पवते) / √पु (to purify, flow)
नःfor us / to us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (for us) / सम्बन्ध (our)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
जहिsmite, slay
जहि:
क्रिया (आदेश)
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (to strike, slay)
विश्वाःall (of them)
विश्वाः:
कर्म (object of ‘अप’/‘जहि’ as ‘all [of them]’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively with implied noun)
Rootविश्व (सर्व/समस्त) (प्रातिपदिक)
अपaway, off
अप:
क्रियाविशेषण (separative)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootअप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
द्विषःhaters, foes
द्विषः:
कर्म (object of ‘जहि’)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विष् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hater/foe’)
इन्दोO Indu (Soma)
इन्दो:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; Soma)
सखायम्a friend, companion
सखायम्:
कर्म (object of ‘विश’)
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण (directional)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
विशenter, come in (to)
विश:
क्रिया (आदेश)
TypeVerb
Root√विश् (to enter, settle upon; to come in)
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