Rig Veda 9.8.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 8, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.8
Rishi: unknown (not supplied in input)
Devata: Soma (Pavamāna)
Chandas: unknown (not supplied in input)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मृजन्ति त्वा दश क्षिपो हिन्वन्ति सप्त धीतयः । अनु विप्रा अमादिषुः ॥
Transliteration
mṛjánti tvā dáśa kṣípo hinvánti saptá dhītáyaḥ | ánu víprā amādiṣuḥ ||
Translation
Ten swift powers cleanse you; seven streams of inspired thought drive you on. Following your movement, the seers enter the ecstasy of illumination.
Word by Word
मृजन्तिthey cleanse / purify
मृजन्ति:
Kriyā (of the sentence); governs कर्म ‘त्वा’
TypeVerb
Rootमृज्
त्वाyou (thee)
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (त्वद्-प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम
दशten
दश:
विशेषण (संख्या) of ‘क्षिपः’
TypeNumeral
Rootदशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) / दश (अव्ययवत् संख्या)
क्षिपःfingers (hands)
क्षिपः:
कर्तृ (of मृजन्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षिप् (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; ‘क्षिप्’ = finger/hand; in RV also ‘ten fingers’ in pressing/cleansing Soma)
हिन्वन्तिthey impel / set in motion
हिन्वन्ति:
Kriyā (second finite verb); governs कर्म ‘त्वा’ (understood)
TypeVerb
Rootहिन्व्
सप्तseven
सप्त:
विशेषण (संख्या) of ‘धीतयः’
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) / सप्त (अव्ययवत् संख्या)
धीतयःinspirations / hymns / thoughts
धीतयः:
कर्तृ (of हिन्वन्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootधीति- (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; from √धी ‘to think’ → ‘thought, hymn, inspiration’)
अनुafter; along
अनु:
क्रियाविशेषण (modifies अमादिषुः: ‘after, along, in sequence’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु
विप्राःinspired poets / sages
विप्राः:
कर्तृ (of अमादिषुः)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र- (पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
अमादिषुःthey rejoiced / became exhilarated
अमादिषुः:
Kriyā (third finite verb); subject ‘विप्राः’
TypeVerb
Rootमद्
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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