Rig Veda 9.88.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 88, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.88

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स ईं रथो न भुरिषाळयोजि महः पुरूणि सातये वसूनि । आदीं विश्वा नहुष्याणि जाता स्वर्षाता वन ऊर्ध्वा नवन्त ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.88.2

Transliteration

sá īṃ rátho na bhuríṣāḷ ayoji máhaḥ purū́ṇi sātáye vásūni | ād īṃ víśvā nahuṣyā́ṇi jātā́ svaḥ-sātā váne ūrdhvā́ návanta ||

Translation

He is yoked like a chariot of abundant strength, for the winning of many great riches of being. Then all the Nahusha-born powers that have come to birth, victorious in the light, bow upward in the forest of growth.

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Word by Word

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ईम्: indeed; just; him
• ईम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ईम् (निपात)

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: Kartā (उपमान-कर्तृ) / Predicative
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• भुरिषाळयोजि: was yoked (with much-strength/abundant force)
• भुरिषाळयोजि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु) + भुरि-षाळ (उपपद/विशेषण-समास)

• महः: of the great (one); mighty
• महः: Sambandha (genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) / महस् (नपुंसक)

• पुरूणि: many
• पुरूणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सातये: for winning; for gaining
• सातये: Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘winning, gaining’)

• वसूनि: goods; riches
• वसूनि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• आत्: then; from thereupon
• आत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आत् (निपात)

• ईम्: indeed; him
• ईम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ईम् (निपात)

• विश्वा: all
• विश्वा: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• नहुष्याणि: Nahusha’s (tribes/peoples); Nahushyan
• नहुष्याणि: Karma (apposition to विश्वा)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: नहुष्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Nahusha-related/descendants of Nahusha’)

• जातानि: born; produced
• जातानि: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Participle
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त, भूतकृत)

• स्वर्षाता: winner of heaven/light
• स्वर्षाता: Kartā (epithet of सः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: स्वर् + साता (प्रातिपदिक; ‘winning of sun/light/heaven’)

• वने: in the wood; in the forest
• वने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्ध्वाः: upright; raised
• ऊर्ध्वाः: Kartā (of नवन्त)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• नवन्त: they bow; they bend
• नवन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नु/नव् (धातु; ‘to bow, bend’)