Rig Veda 9.9.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 9, Mantra 3

Sukta 9.9

Devata: Soma (Pavamāna)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स सूनुर्मातरा शुचिर्जातो जाते अरोचयत् । महान्मही ऋतावृधा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.9.3

Transliteration

sá sūnúr mātarā́ śúcir jātó jā́te arocayat | mahā́n mahī́ ṛtāvṛ́dhā ||

Translation

Lui, le fils pur des deux Mères, une fois né, fit resplendir les deux naissances. Grand est-il, et selon la Loi de Vérité (ṛta) il fait croître la grandeur.

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Word by Word

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स

• सूनुः: son
• सूनुः: Kartā (apposition to सः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मातरौ: (his) two mothers
• मातरौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुचिः: bright, pure
• शुचिः: Kartā (qualifier of सः/सूनुः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातः: born
• जातः: Kartā (qualifier of सः)
• Type: Participle (past passive) used adjectivally
• Root: √जन् (जने) + क्त (कृदन्त)

• जाते: in/among the two born (ones)
• जाते: Adhikaraṇa (locative)
• Type: Participle (past passive) used substantively
• Root: √जन् (जने) + क्त (कृदन्त)

• अरोचयत्: made (them) shine; illumined
• अरोचयत्: Kriyā (finite verb); takes कर्म = मातरौ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुच् (रुचँ दीप्तौ) + णिच् (causative) → रोचयति

• महान्: great
• महान्: Kartā (qualifier of implied subject = सः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मही: the great one; greatness
• मही: Kartā/Predicate-nominative (in apposition/parallel epithet)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (f.)
• Root: मही- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतावृधा: increasing through ṛta (cosmic order); ṛta-nourished
• ऋतावृधा: Kartā (qualifier of implied subject = सः)
• Type: Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: ऋतावृध- (प्रातिपदिक; compound: ऋत + आवृध ‘growing by/with ṛta’)