Rig Veda 9.52.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 52, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.52
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नि शुष्ममिन्दवेषां पुरुहूत जनानाम् । यो अस्माँ आदिदेशति ॥
Transliteration
ní śúṣmam indav eṣā́ṃ púru-hūta jánānām | yó asmā́ṃ ā́dídeśati ||
Translation
ಹೇ ಇಂದು, ಬಹು-ಆಹ್ವಾನಿತ (ಪುರುಹೂತ) ದೇವನೇ, ನಮ್ಮ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಾನಿಗೆಂದು ಬೆರಳು ತೋರಿಸಿ ನಮ್ಮ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಆಜ್ಞಾಪಿಸುವ ಆ ಜನರ ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಕುಗ್ಗಿಸು.
Word by Word
निdown; into; forth (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga) / ni-
शुष्मम्impulse; vigor; might
शुष्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशुष्म (prātipadika)
इन्दोO Indu (Soma)
इन्दो:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्दु (prātipadika)
एषाम्of these
एषाम्:
Śeṣa (genitive: of)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (sarvanāman-prātipadika)
पुरुहूतO much-invoked one
पुरुहूत:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootपुरुहूत (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/karmadhāraya epithet)
जनानाम्of peoples; of men
जनानाम्:
Śeṣa (genitive: of)
TypeNoun
Rootजन (prātipadika)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun)
आtowards; unto (as preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā-
दिदेशतिpoints out; directs; indicates
दिदेशति:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√दिश् (दिशँ) ‘to point out, show, direct’
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