Rig Veda 9.112.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 112, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.112
Devata: Soma (Indu) for Indra
Chandas: Anushtubh-like (late/gnomic feel; exact meter needs confirm)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नानानं वा उ नो धियो वि व्रतानि जनानाम् । तक्षा रिष्टं रुतं भिषग्ब्रह्मा सुन्वन्तमिच्छतीन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव ॥
Transliteration
nānā́naṃ vā́ u no dhíyo ví vratā́ni jánānām | tákṣā riṣṭáṃ rutáṃ bhiṣág brahmā́ sunvántam icchatī́ndrāyéndo párī srava ||
Translation
われらの思いはまことにさまざま、人々の誓戒（ヴラタ）もまたさまざま。大工は折れた木を求め、医師は病を求め、ブラフマン（祭司）は搾り手を求める――おおインドゥよ、インドラのためにめぐり流れよ。
Word by Word
नानानम्variously; in many ways
नानानम्:
Adhikaraṇa (प्रकार/रीति-अर्थे)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाना (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक; ‘variously, in many ways’)
वैindeed; surely
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (निपात)
उand; also (emphatic particle)
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
नःof us; our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
धियःthoughts; insights; hymns
धियः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधी (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart; forth; in various directions
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
व्रतानिvows; observances; ordinances
व्रतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
जनानाम्of men; of peoples
जनानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
तक्षाhas fashioned; fashioned
तक्षा:
—
TypeVerb
Rootतक्ष् (धातु)
अरिष्टम्the uninjured; the unharmed (thing/state)
अरिष्टम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअरिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतम्ṛta; cosmic order; truth
ऋतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
भिषक्the healer; physician
भिषक्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभिषज्/भिषक् (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्माthe brahman-priest; formulator of sacred speech
ब्रह्मा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सुन्वन्तम्the Soma-presser; one who is pressing (Soma)
सुन्वन्तम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Rootसु (धातु) + शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त) → सुन्वन्त्
इच्छतिseeks; desires
इच्छति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्दोO Indu (Soma)
इन्दो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround; forth; fully
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्रवflow; stream
स्रव:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्रु (धातु)
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