Rig Veda 9.98.10: Mandala 9, Sukta 98, Mantra 10

Sukta 9.98

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (offered to Indra Vṛtrahan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इन्द्राय सोम पातवे वृत्रघ्ने परि षिच्यसे । नरे च दक्षिणावते देवाय सदनासदे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.98.10

Transliteration

índrāya soma pátave vṛtraghné pári sicyase | náre ca dákṣiṇāvate devā́ya sadanā́sade ||

Translation

For Indra, O Soma, to drink—Indra the slayer of the Coverer—you are poured all around; and for the heroic god who bears the right gift, the divine one who sits in the seats (of the being).

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Word by Word

• इन्द्राय: to/for Indra
• इन्द्राय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पातवे: for the drinker (to be drunk by)
• पातवे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: पा (धातु) → पातृ/पातृ- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, agent noun ‘drinker’)

• वृत्रघ्ने: for the Vṛtra-slayer
• वृत्रघ्ने: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वृत्रघ्न (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + हन् ‘to slay’)

• परि: around; forth (as preverb)
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• षिच्यसे: you are poured/sprinkled
• षिच्यसे: कर्म (कर्मणि-भावः; ‘you are poured’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (धातु) ‘to pour/sprinkle’

• नरे: for the man/hero
• नरे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• दक्षिणावते: for the gift-bestowing (one)/the one with fees
• दक्षिणावते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having dakṣiṇā/gifts’)

• देवाय: for the god
• देवाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदनासदे: for the seat-dweller / he who sits in the abode
• सदनासदे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सदनासद् (प्रातिपदिक; सदन ‘seat/dwelling’ + आसद्/आसद् ‘sitting/approaching’, RV compound epithet)