Rig Veda 9.80.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 80, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.80
Rishi: Traditionally attributed to seers of the Soma Pavamāna corpus; specific r̥ṣi for RV 9.80.2 not securely inferable from the provided excerpt alone.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Soma in the act of purification), with explicit orientation 'for Indra' (इन्द्राय).
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (common in RV 9; requires full metrical count confirmation).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यं त्वा वाजिन्नघ्न्या अभ्यनूषतायोहतं योनिमा रोहसि द्युमान् । मघोनामायुः प्रतिरन्महि श्रव इन्द्राय सोम पवसे वृषा मदः ॥
Transliteration
yáṃ tvā vājinn aghnyā́ abhyánūṣatáyo-hataṃ yónim ā́ rohasi dyumā́n | maghónām ā́yuḥ pratirán máhi śráva índrāya soma pavase vṛ́ṣā mádaḥ ||
Translation
ソーマよ、力強く勝利する者よ、害されえぬ光の牝牛たちは汝に向かって歌いかけた。汝は鉄に打たれた胎（堅固な器）へと昇り、光輝をもって照り映える。施与者たちの命を減ずるものを退けつつ、汝はインドラのために広大な名声と力となる――雄々しき陶酔として。
Word by Word
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाजिन्O Vājin (winner/strong one)
वाजिन्:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वाज’ से)
अघ्न्याःthe ‘not-to-be-slain’ cows (holy cows)
अघ्न्याः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअघ्न्या (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअभि
अनूषतthey sought/wooed (him), they praised
अनूषत:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवश् (वशँ/उष्-वर्ग; Vedic: ‘to desire/seek, to woo, to praise’)
आhither, to
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ
योहतम्being led/yoked on
योहतम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootयुह्/युज्? (Vedic form; here as a kṛdanta/epithet meaning ‘yoked/led on’)
योनिम्the womb, seat, resting-place
योनिम्:
Adhikaraṇa (goal/place) / Karma (object of motion)
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
आinto, up to
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ
रोहसिyou ascend, you mount
रोहसि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootरुह् (रुहँ)
द्युमान्shining, radiant
द्युमान्:
Kartā (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्युमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
मघोनाम्of the bountiful (patrons)
मघोनाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमघवन्/मघोन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful ones’)
आयुःlife, lifetime
आयुः:
Kartā/Viśeṣya (subject-noun in apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिरन्reaching, attaining, responding
प्रतिरन्:
Kartā (qualifier)
TypeParticiple/Verbal form
Rootप्रति-ऋ (ऋ गतौ) / प्रति-रम्? (Vedic: ‘to reach/attain/answer back’; form used as a verbal adjective/participle)
महिgreat
महि:
—
TypeAdjective (indeclinable use)
Rootमहि (प्रातिपदिक/avyaya-like adjective ‘great’)
श्रवःfame, glory
श्रवः:
Karma/Phala
TypeNoun
Rootश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
पवसेyou purify yourself, you flow purified
पवसे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootपू (पूञ् शुद्धौ) → पव् (Vedic present-stem)
वृषाthe bull; the vigorous one
वृषा:
Kartā (epithet)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन्/वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
मदःintoxication, exhilaration
मदः:
Kartā/Viśeṣya (apposition to Soma) / Phala
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
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