Rig Veda 9.4.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 4, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.4
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सना ज्योतिः सना स्वर्विश्वा च सोम सौभगा । अथा नो वस्यसस्कृधि ॥
Transliteration
sanā́ jyótiḥ sanā́ svàr víśvā ca soma sáubhagā | áthā no vásyasas kṛdhi ||
Translation
常に光はあり、常に天界の太陽界（svar）はあり、そしてあらゆる幸いもまた、ソーマよ。しかして、われらをさらに勝れた境地へと整えたまえ。
Word by Word
सनाfrom of old; ever
सना:
Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण) / क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसना (avyaya-prātipadika; from PIE *sen- ‘old, long’)
ज्योतिःlight; radiance
ज्योतिः:
Karma (प्राप्तव्य/विधेय) / विधेय-नाम
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (prātipadika)
सनाfrom of old; ever
सना:
Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण) / क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसना (avyaya-prātipadika)
स्वःheaven; the solar world
स्वः:
Karma (प्राप्तव्य/विधेय) / विधेय-नाम
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्/स्वः (prātipadika; ‘heaven, sunlight’)
विश्वाall; everything
विश्वा:
Karma (समुच्चित-वस्तु) / ‘all (things)’
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootविश्व (prātipadika)
चand
च:
— (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (avyaya)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootसोम (prātipadika)
सौभगानिgood fortunes; prosperities
सौभगानि:
Karma (प्राप्तव्य) / ‘prosperities’
TypeNoun
Rootसौभग (prātipadika; from सु- + भग ‘fortune’)
अथthen; thereafter
अथ:
— (discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (avyaya)
नःfor us; our
नः:
Sampradāna (हित/लाभ-सम्बन्ध) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronominal stem)
वस्यसःthe better (thing); greater good
वस्यसः:
Karma (यत् कर्तव्यम्/प्राप्यम्)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवस्यस् (comparative prātipadika of वसु ‘good’)
कृधिmake; do; grant
कृधि:
— (finite verb; governs कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
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