Rig Veda 9.61.24: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 24
Sukta 9.61
Rishi: Kavi Bhārgava (traditional)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Trishtubh/Jagatī (requires scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वोतासस्तवावसा स्याम वन्वन्त आमुरः । सोम व्रतेषु जागृहि ॥
Transliteration
tvótāsaḥ tavā́vasā syā́ma vanvánta āmúraḥ | sóma vratéṣu jāgṛhi ||
Translation
ಹೇ ಸೋಮ! ನಿನ್ನ ಆಶ್ರಯದಿಂದಲೂ ನಿನ್ನ ಸಹಾಯಕ ಶಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದಲೂ ನಾವು ಜಯವನ್ನು ಗಳಿಸುವ ಸಾಧಕ-ಶೋಧಕರಾಗೋಣ. ವ್ರತಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಜಾಗೃತನಾಗಿರು—ನಮ್ಮ ಸಂಕಲ್ಪಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಸತ್ಕರ್ಮಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಕಾವಲು ನಿಲ್ಲು.
Word by Word
त्वyou (O Soma)
त्व:
सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्वद्/त्वम्
ओतासः(we) who are bound/linked (to you)
ओतासः:
कर्तृ (with implied ‘वयम्’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Root√वे/√वय (वेति ‘to weave, to bind’) → ओत (PPP ‘woven/connected’)
तवof you, your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् → त्वद् (षष्ठी)
अवसाby (your) help/protection
अवसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (नपुं/पुं; ‘help, protection, favor’)
स्यामmay we be
स्याम:
कर्तृ (वयम्)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू/अस् ‘to be’) — optative stem
वन्वन्तःstriving, seeking to win
वन्वन्तः:
कर्तृ (वयम्)
TypeParticiple
Root√वन्/√वन् (वन्वति ‘to strive, to win, to seek’)
आमुरःhelpers/attendants
आमुरः:
कर्तृ (apposition to ‘वयम्’)
TypeNoun
Rootआमुर (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक ‘आमुर’ = ‘सहायक/अनुचर/सेवक’),
सोमO Soma
सोम:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
व्रतेषुin the ordinances/observances
व्रतेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘vow, ordinance, sacred observance’)
जागृहिbe awake; keep watch
जागृहि:
कर्तृ (त्वम्)
TypeVerb
Root√जागृ (to be awake, to watch) — imperative
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