Rig Veda 9.105.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 105, Mantra 6

Sukta 9.105

Devata: Soma (Indu) as protector and purifier

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सनेमि त्वमस्मदाँ अदेवं कं चिदत्रिणम् । साह्वाँ इन्दो परि बाधो अप द्वयुम् ॥

Transliteration

sánemi tvám asmád ā́ ádevaṃ káṃ cid atríṇam | sāhvā́ṃ indo pári bā́dho ápa dvayúm ||

Translation

われらのために勝利を得よ。われらの側へ、いかなる無神の貪り食う者が近づこうとも、それを打ち克つ力をもたらせ。おおインドゥ（Indu）、耐え忍ぶ強者よ、四方より押し退け、追い払え――存在を裂く、二心の力、分裂する疑いの者を。

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Word by Word

• सनेमि: I may win / I win
• सनेमि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सन् (san) ‘to gain, win’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• अस्मदात्: from us
• अस्मदात्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (1st person pronoun)

• अदेवम्: ungodly, godless
• अदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-देव (prātipadika: देव ‘god’ with privative अ-)

• कम्: some / any (one)
• कम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (interrog./indef. pronoun)

• चित्: even; indeed; at all
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (particle)

• अत्रिणम्: the Atrin (a devouring/hostile one)
• अत्रिणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रिन् (prātipadika; ‘devourer’, ‘hostile/demonic being’, Vedic epithet)

• साह्वान्: overpowering, victorious
• साह्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साह्वस्/साह्वन् (prātipadika from √सह् ‘to overpower, conquer’)

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma)
• इन्दो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (prātipadika)

• परि: around; all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (preverb)

• बाधः: repelling; expulsion
• बाधः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाध (prātipadika; from √बाध् ‘to press, drive away, repel’)

• अप: away
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (preverb)

• द्वयुम्: the twofold one / the double-dealer (enemy)
• द्वयुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: द्वयु (prātipadika; ‘twofold/dual-natured’, Vedic epithet often of hostile beings)