Rig Veda 1.9.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.9

Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 1.9)

Devata: Indra (receiver of Soma; empowered by Soma-ānanda)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of 8 syllables)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एमेनं सृजता सुते मन्दिमिन्द्राय मन्दिने । चक्रिं विश्वानि चक्रये ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.9.2

Transliteration

ā īm enam sṛjatā sute mandím índrāya mandíne | cakríṃ víśvāni cakráye ||

Translation

Ab is Soma ko chhod do, Indra ke liye taiyaar karo. Yeh Indra ko khush karega. Indra jo kuch bhi karta hai, woh sab chalata hai. Woh sab kaam karne wala hai, isliye usey pila do.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय

• इमेनम्: this one (him/it)
• इमेनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + एनम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सृजता: (you two) release / send forth
• सृजता: Kartā (आह्वानित कर्तृ) / क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) ‘to let flow, release, create’

• सुते: in the pressed Soma
• सुते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (ritual term) / Adjective used substantively
• Root: सु (धातु) ‘to press (Soma)’ → सुत (कृदन्त) ‘pressed’

• मन्दिम्: the gladdening (draught/joy)
• मन्दिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दि- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘gladdening draught/joy; exhilaration’ (from √मन्द् ‘to rejoice, be glad’)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्दिने: for the gladdening one (Indra)
• मन्दिने: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Epithet
• Root: मन्दिन्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘gladdening; rejoicing’ (agent/adjective from √मन्द्)

• चक्रिम्: the doer / the active one
• चक्रिम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Epithet
• Root: चक्रि- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘doer, maker; active/skillful’ (from √कृ ‘to do, make’; Vedic -i formation)

• विश्वानि: all (things)
• विश्वानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (सर्व/समस्त) (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्रये: for the doer / maker
• चक्रये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: चक्रि- / चक्रय- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘maker, doer’ (dative of an -i stem; Vedic dative sg often -ये)