Rig Veda 9.47.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 47, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.47

Devata: Soma (Pavamāna) as kavi (seer) and bestower of ratna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स्वयं कविर्विधर्तरि विप्राय रत्नमिच्छति । यदी मर्मृज्यते धियः ॥

Transliteration

svayáṃ kavír vidhartári víprāya rátnam icchati | yadī́ marmṛ́jyate dhíyaḥ ||

Translation

तो स्वभावतःच कवी; धारण करणाऱ्या आधारात, विप्रासाठी रत्न (धन) इच्छितो—जेव्हा धियः (विचार) घासून-पालिश करून शुद्ध केल्या जातात.

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• स्वयम्: by oneself, of oneself
• स्वयम्: Karaṇa (रीत्या/स्वतः ‘by oneself’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय) < *sva- (स्व ‘self’)

• कविः: the seer/poet (sage)
• कविः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• विधर्तरि: in/at the supporter, the sustainer (i.e., in the upholder)
• विधर्तरि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-धर्तृ (धर्तृ-प्रातिपदिक; √धृ ‘to hold, support’ + तृ)

• विप्राय: for the inspired priest/poet
• विप्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• रत्नम्: a treasure, precious gift
• रत्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• इच्छति: desires, seeks
• इच्छति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष्/इच्छ् (इच्छति; desiderative/secondary present stem in Vedic usage)

• यदी: if/when
• यदी: (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय) + इति/ई (वेदिक-प्रयोगे ‘यदी’ = ‘यदि/यदा’ अर्थे)

• मर्मृज्यते: is thoroughly cleansed/purified
• मर्मृज्यते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृज् (मार्जने ‘to wipe/clean/purify’), intensive/reduplicated present + ātmanepada

• धियः: insights/thoughts (hymns, prayers)
• धियः: Kartā (मर्मृज्यते इत्यस्य) / (कर्म-भावे ‘are cleansed’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, insight, prayer’)