Rig Veda 9.108.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 108, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.108

Devata: Soma Pavamana

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

येना नवग्वो दध्यङ्ङपोर्णुते येन विप्रास आपिरे । देवानां सुम्ने अमृतस्य चारुणो येन श्रवांस्यानशुः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.108.4

Transliteration

yéna náva-gvo dadhyáṅ apá-ūrṇute yéna víprāsa āpíre | devā́nāṃ sumné amṛ́tasya cā́ruṇo yéna śrávāṃsy ānaśúḥ ||

Translation

By thee the Navagvas and Dadhyañc were unveiled (released from the covering); by thee the seers attained their reach. In the gracious favour of the gods, in the lovely (chāru) delight of immortality, by thee they won their glorious hearings (fames).

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Word by Word

• येन: by which; whereby
• येन: करण (हेतु/साधन)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• नवग्वः: Navagva (a seer/ritual group)
• नवग्वः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवग्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• दध्यङ्: Dadhyañc (a seer)
• दध्यङ्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: दध्यङ् (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषिनाम)

• अपः: waters
• अपः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• उर्णुते: covers/envelops; spreads over
• उर्णुते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृणोति/उर्णोति; ‘to cover, envelop, spread’)

• येन: by which
• येन: करण (हेतु/साधन)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• विप्रासः: inspired sages/priests
• विप्रासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• आपिरे: have attained; reached
• आपिरे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (to reach, attain)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुम्ने: in (their) favor/grace
• सुम्ने: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुम्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमृतस्य: of immortality; of the immortal (soma)
• अमृतस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• चारुणः: of the lovely/beautiful one
• चारुणः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (प्रातिपदिक)

• येन: by which
• येन: करण (हेतु/साधन)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• श्रवांसि: fames; glories
• श्रवांसि: कर्म (अत्र: ‘श्रवांसि’ = यशांसि, प्राप्तव्य-वस्तूनि) अथवा कर्तृ (यदि ‘श्रवांसि’ विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनशुः: have attained/obtained
• अनशुः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (to attain, obtain) + नङ्-निषेध (a-)