Rig Veda 9.52.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 52, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.52

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शतं न इन्द ऊतिभिः सहस्रं वा शुचीनाम् । पवस्व मंहयद्रयिः ॥

Transliteration

śatáṃ na indó ūtíbhiḥ sahásraṃ vā śucī́nām | páv asva maṃhayád-rayíḥ ||

Translation

O Indu, be to us a hundredfold in thy helps—or a thousandfold—of the pure ones; purify thyself, increasing the wealth of fullness (rayi) within us.

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Word by Word

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma)
• इन्दो: (Sambodhana)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊतिभिः: with helps / with aids
• ऊतिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• शुचीनाम्: of the pure (ones)
• शुचीनाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवस्व: purify yourself / flow pure
• पवस्व: (Kartā implied: त्वम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु; ‘to purify’) → पवते

• मंहयद्रयिः: wealth that bestows/enriches (bounteous wealth)
• मंहयद्रयिः: Kartā (of an implied ‘be/come’ with pavasva: ‘(thou) … (as) wealth’)
• Type: Compound (Kṛdanta + Noun)
• Root: मंहयत् (कृदन्त, from धातु मंह्/महि ‘to gladden, to bestow, to enrich’) + रयि (प्रातिपदिक)