Rig Veda 7.2.9: Mandala 7, Sukta 2, Mantra 9
Sukta 7.2
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Tvaṣṭṛ (with implied soma-pressing imagery)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तन्नस्तुरीपमध पोषयित्नु देव त्वष्टर्वि रराणः स्यस्व । यतो वीरः कर्मण्यः सुदक्षो युक्तग्रावा जायते देवकामः ॥
Transliteration
tán nas turī́pam ádha poṣayitnú deva tváṣṭar ví rarāṇáḥ syasva | yáto vīráḥ karmaṇyàḥ su-dákṣo yuktá-grāvā jā́yate deva-kā́maḥ ||
Translation
その迅速に進む増益を、養いの神トヴァシュトリ（Tvaṣṭṛ）よ、われらのために成らしめよ——歓喜の施与において輝き現れよ。汝より、業に堪える英雄、善巧にして力具足し、搾り石（grāvan）を軛に結び、神々を希求する者が生まれる。
Word by Word
तत्that (boon/thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तुindeed / but
तु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (निपात)
रीपम्harm, injury
रीपम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरीप (प्रातिपदिक)
अधthen / now / moreover
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (निपात)
पोषयित्नुO nourisher
पोषयित्नु:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (agent epithet)
Rootपोषयित्नु (प्रातिपदिक; पोषयितृ-भाव)
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वष्टःO Tvaṣṭar
त्वष्टः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootत्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, forth (intensifier)
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रराणःrejoicing, eager
रराणः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√रा/रम् (रराण-; परिपूर्ण/आत्मनेपद-परस्मैपद-भेदयुक्तः; ‘delighting/being eager’)
स्यस्वbe (for us)
स्यस्व:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू)
यतःfrom whom / whence
यतः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable (relative)
Rootयतस् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध)
वीरःa hero, man
वीरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
कर्मण्यःfit for work, active
कर्मण्यः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्मण्य (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मन् + यत्)
सुदक्षःvery skilled, capable
सुदक्षः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसुदक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + दक्ष)
युक्तग्रावाhaving the pressing-stones yoked/ready
युक्तग्रावा:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi epithet)
Rootयुक्तग्रावन्/युक्तग्रावा (प्रातिपदिक; युक्त + ग्रावन् ‘pressing-stone’)
जायतेis born / arises
जायते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जन्
देवकामःdesiring the gods / god-loving
देवकामः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootदेवकाम (प्रातिपदिक; देव + काम)
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