Rig Veda 10.9.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 9, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.9
Rishi: Sindhudvīpa Āmbara
Devata: Āpaḥ
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तस्मा अरं गमाम वो यस्य क्षयाय जिन्वथ । आपो जनयथा च नः ॥
Transliteration
tásmā áraṃ gamāma vo yásya kṣáyāya jínvatha | ā́po janáyathā ca naḥ ||
Translation
To him we would fittingly go—he for whose abiding home you quicken; and, O Waters, you also bring birth in us.
Word by Word
तस्मैto him/for that (one)
तस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अरम्properly, fittingly, sufficiently
अरम्:
विशेषण-भाव (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअरम् (अव्यय)
गमामmay we go / let us go
गमाम:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति)
वःto you / of you (O Waters)
वः:
सम्प्रदान (प्रार्थ्य-देवताः) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
क्षयायfor (his) dwelling/abode
क्षयाय:
सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘dwelling, abode’)
जिन्वथyou invigorate / you make thrive
जिन्वथ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√जिव्/√जिन्व् (जिन्वति ‘to quicken, invigorate, make thrive’)
आपःthe Waters
आपः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआप् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘waters’)
जनयथyou beget / you generate
जनयथ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनयति ‘to beget, produce’)
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
नःto us / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
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