Rig Veda 9.61.27: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 27

Sukta 9.61

Rishi: Kavi Bhārgava (traditional)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Trishtubh/Jagatī (requires scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न त्वा शतं चन ह्रुतो राधो दित्सन्तमा मिनन् । यत्पुनानो मखस्यसे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.61.27

Transliteration

ná tvā śatáṃ caná hrutó rā́dho dítsantam ā́ minan | yát punānó makhásyase ||

Translation

たとえ百の欺く者があろうとも、施与せんとする汝の賜物（rādhas）を損なうことはできない。汝が自らを浄めるとき、汝は祭祀（yajña）の主となり——与えんとする意志は揺るがない。

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: —
• Type: Noun/Adjective (numeral)
• Root: शत

• चन: even
• चन: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च + न (enclitic)

• ह्रुतः: deceived, cheated
• ह्रुतः: Kartā (of implied action ‘to harm/cheat’ as an agent/qualifier) / विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: ह्रु (धातु) → ह्रुत (PPP)

• राधः: bounty, gift, wealth
• राधः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस्

• दित्सन्तम्: wishing to give
• दित्सन्तम्: Karma (qualifying ‘त्वा’ as the one ‘wishing to give’) / विशेषण
• Type: Participle (desiderative)
• Root: दा (धातु) → दित्सन्त् (desiderative present participle)

• आ: towards; indeed
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: आ

• मिनन्: diminishing, harming
• मिनन्: Kartā
• Type: Participle (present active)
• Root: मि (धातु: to diminish/injure) → मिनत् (pres. act. ptcp.)

• यत्: when; that which
• यत्: — (connective relative: ‘when/that which’)
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद्

• पुनानः: purifying oneself; being purified
• पुनानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (present middle)
• Root: पू (धातु: to purify) → पुनान (pres. mid. ptcp.)

• मखस्यसे: you are (one) of the sacrifice; you belong to/are for the rite
• मखस्यसे: Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मख (प्रातिपदिक) + अस् (धातु: to be) → मखस्य (denominative/possessive formation)