Rig Veda 9.47.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 47, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.47

Devata: Soma (Pavamāna) as helper in vāja and bhara (contests/battles)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सिषासतू रयीणां वाजेष्वर्वतामिव । भरेषु जिग्युषामसि ॥

Transliteration

siṣāsatū rayīṇā́ṃ vā́jeṣv arvatām iva | bháreṣu jigyúṣām asi ||

Translation

汝は諸々の富饒を駆り立てる主。力の競いにおいては、疾駆する駿馬のごとし。戦いにおいて汝は勝利する者に属す。

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Word by Word

• सिषासतू: let the two desire to rule/command; let them seek to direct
• सिषासतू: Kartā (विधेयक्रिया) — ‘they two should/let them’
• Type: Verb
• Root: शास् (धातु)

• रयीणाम्: of riches, of wealth
• रयीणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive) — ‘of riches’
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजेषु: in prizes, in contests (for booty)
• वाजेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative) — ‘in/among prizes’
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्वताम्: of horses
• अर्वताम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive) — ‘of horses’ (with implied comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: — (उपमान-निर्देशक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• भरेषु: in battles, in conflicts
• भरेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative) — ‘in battles/struggles’
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर (प्रातिपदिक)

• जिग्युषाम्: of the victorious (ones), of conquerors
• जिग्युषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive) — ‘of the conquerors’
• Type: Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: जि (धातु) → जिग्युस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; परिपूर्ण/परिपक्व-रूपः)

• असि: you are
• असि: विधेयक्रिया (copula) — ‘you are’
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)