Rig Veda 9.21.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 21, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.21

Devata: Soma Pavamana

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एते विश्वानि वार्या पवमानास आशत । हिता न सप्तयो रथे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.21.4

Transliteration

eté víśvāni vā́ryā pávamānāsa āśata | hitā́ ná saptáyo rathé ||

Translation

Yeh Som ke boond saaf hote hain aur sab acchi cheezein paate hain. Woh saath mein chalte hain jaise gaadi mein saat ghode jude ho, sahi mein lage rehte hain. Saaf ho ke yeh taakatein insaan ko uski chahi hui cheez tak le jaati hain.

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Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: कर्तृ (with आशत)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• विश्वानि: all (things), everything
• विश्वानि: कर्म (object of आशत)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (prātipadika)

• वार्या: desirable (goods/treasures)
• वार्या: कर्म (in apposition to विश्वानि)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: वार्य (prātipadika; from वरी/वृ ‘to choose’, ‘choice, desirable’)

• पवमानासः: the purifying ones (Soma streams)
• पवमानासः: कर्तृ (of आशत)
• Type: Participle (adjectival noun)
• Root: पवमान (kṛdanta-prātipadika; pres. mid. participle of √पू/√पु ‘to purify, cleanse’)

• आशत: have reached/attained
• आशत: क्रिया (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (to reach, attain) with preverb आ-

• हिताः: placed, set
• हिताः: कर्तृ (elliptically with implied ‘are/stand’)
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: हित (kṛdanta-prātipadika; past passive participle of √धा ‘to place’)

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

• सप्तयः: teams of horses/mare-teams
• सप्तयः: कर्तृ (of implied ‘are set/stand yoked’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्ति (prātipadika; ‘mare/horse’, esp. team-horse)

• रथे: on the chariot
• रथे: अधिकरण (locus: ‘on/in the chariot’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (prātipadika)