Rig Veda 9.52.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 52, Mantra 5
Sukta 9.52
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शतं न इन्द ऊतिभिः सहस्रं वा शुचीनाम् । पवस्व मंहयद्रयिः ॥
Transliteration
śatáṃ na indó ūtíbhiḥ sahásraṃ vā śucī́nām | páv asva maṃhayád-rayíḥ ||
Translation
インドゥよ、われらに百の助けを――あるいは千の助けを――清浄なる者たちのものとして与えよ。みずから清めつつ流れ、われらのうちに満ちる富（rayi）を増し加えよ。
Word by Word
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्दोO Indu (Soma)
इन्दो:
(Sambodhana)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतिभिःwith helps / with aids
ऊतिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
शुचीनाम्of the pure (ones)
शुचीनाम्:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
पवस्वpurify yourself / flow pure
पवस्व:
(Kartā implied: त्वम्)
TypeVerb
Rootपू (धातु; ‘to purify’) → पवते
मंहयद्रयिःwealth that bestows/enriches (bounteous wealth)
मंहयद्रयिः:
Kartā (of an implied ‘be/come’ with pavasva: ‘(thou) … (as) wealth’)
TypeCompound (Kṛdanta + Noun)
Rootमंहयत् (कृदन्त, from धातु मंह्/महि ‘to gladden, to bestow, to enrich’) + रयि (प्रातिपदिक)
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