Rig Veda 9.21.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 21, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.21

Devata: Soma Pavamana

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एते विश्वानि वार्या पवमानास आशत । हिता न सप्तयो रथे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.21.4

Transliteration

eté víśvāni vā́ryā pávamānāsa āśata | hitā́ ná saptáyo rathé ||

Translation

These purifying Somas attain all desirable treasures; set in place like seven yoked steeds in a chariot, they move in ordered power—so the clarified forces of delight carry the being straight towards its wished-for fulfilment.

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Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: कर्तृ (with आशत)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• विश्वानि: all (things), everything
• विश्वानि: कर्म (object of आशत)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (prātipadika)

• वार्या: desirable (goods/treasures)
• वार्या: कर्म (in apposition to विश्वानि)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: वार्य (prātipadika; from वरी/वृ ‘to choose’, ‘choice, desirable’)

• पवमानासः: the purifying ones (Soma streams)
• पवमानासः: कर्तृ (of आशत)
• Type: Participle (adjectival noun)
• Root: पवमान (kṛdanta-prātipadika; pres. mid. participle of √पू/√पु ‘to purify, cleanse’)

• आशत: have reached/attained
• आशत: क्रिया (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (to reach, attain) with preverb आ-

• हिताः: placed, set
• हिताः: कर्तृ (elliptically with implied ‘are/stand’)
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: हित (kṛdanta-prātipadika; past passive participle of √धा ‘to place’)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सप्तयः: teams of horses/mare-teams
• सप्तयः: कर्तृ (of implied ‘are set/stand yoked’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्ति (prātipadika; ‘mare/horse’, esp. team-horse)

• रथे: on the chariot
• रथे: अधिकरण (locus: ‘on/in the chariot’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (prātipadika)