Rig Veda 9.31.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 31, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.31

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ प्यायस्व समेतु ते विश्वतः सोम वृष्ण्यम् । भवा वाजस्य संगथे ॥

Transliteration

ā́ pyāyasva sámetu te viśvátas sóma vṛ́ṣṇyam | bhávā vā́jasya saṃgathé ||

Translation

Grow full, O Soma; let your virile strength gather to you from every side. Become present in the meeting-place of the plenitude of force.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, forth (preverb to the verb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• प्यायस्व: grow strong; swell; thrive
• प्यायस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्या (प्याय्) / to swell, grow, thrive

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) / sam (preverb)

• एतु: let it come/go
• एतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ / to go

• ते: thy, of thee
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) / 2nd person pronoun

• विश्वतः: from every side; on all sides
• विश्वतः: अधिकारण (directional/locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial) / Adjectival stem used adverbially
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) / all

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) / Soma

• वृष्ण्यम्: bull-like might; manly strength, vigor
• वृष्ण्यम्: कर्म (object of ‘एतु’ / ‘समेतु’)
• Type: Noun/Abstract (neuter)
• Root: वृष्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक) < वृषन् / bull, manly strength

• भव: become; be
• भव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू / to be, become

• वाजस्य: of the prize; of strength
• वाजस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक) / prize, strength, (victory-)booty

• संगथे: in the meeting; in the encounter/contest
• संगथे: अधिकारण (locus: ‘in/at the encounter’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगथ (प्रातिपदिक) < सम्+√गम्/गथ् (assembly/coming together; encounter)