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Rig Veda 9.87.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 87, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.87

Rishi: Unspecified here; hymn-level Anukramaṇī needed.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna with explicit relation to Indra (Soma for Indra).
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (requires verification).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एष स्य ते मधुमाँ इन्द्र सोमो वृषा वृष्णे परि पवित्रे अक्षाः । सहस्रसाः शतसा भूरिदावा शश्वत्तमं बर्हिरा वाज्यस्थात् ॥

Transliteration

eṣá syá te mádhumān indra sómo vṛ́ṣā vṛ́ṣṇe pári pavítre akṣāḥ | sahasrasā́ḥ śatasā́ bhūridā́vā śaśvattamáṃ bárhir ā́ vājī́ asthāt ||

Translation

हे इंद्रा, हा तुझा मधुमय सोम; वृषभासाठी वृषभ—तो पवित्र (गाळणी) भोवती प्रवाहित झाला आहे। सहस्र-विजयी, शत-विजयी, बहुदाता—तो शाश्वत तेजस्वी वाजस्वी पवित्र बर्हि (यज्ञासन) वर प्रतिष्ठित झाला आहे।

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एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्यःhe/that (one)
स्यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootस (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-रूप)
तेto/for you; your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मधुमान्honeyed, sweet
मधुमान्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
(Address)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषाthe bull; vigorous one
वृषा:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
वृष्णेfor the bull (i.e., for Indra)
वृष्णे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround, about
परि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पवित्रेin/at the filter (sieve)
पवित्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अक्षाःhas moved/has coursed (around)
अक्षाः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb (finite)
Rootअक्ष् (धातु: अक्ष्/अश् ‘to reach, pervade’ → कृत्/प्रातिपदिक ‘अक्ष’); वैदिके ‘अक्ष’ = ‘अक्षन्/अक्ष’ (to move/drive) इत्यपि व्याख्या
सहस्रसाःwinning/bringing a thousand (gains)
सहस्रसाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-स (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास; ‘सहस्र’ + ‘स’/‘सा’ ‘winning/bringing’)
शतसाःwinning/bringing a hundred (gains)
शतसाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootशत-स (समास; ‘शत’ + ‘स’/‘सा’)
भूरिदावाabundantly giving
भूरिदावा:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootभूरि-दावन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘much-giving’)
शश्वत्तमम्the most enduring, ever-lasting
शश्वत्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशश्वत्-तम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative)
बर्हिःsacrificial grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
(Preverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वाज्यस्थात्has stood/has taken position (as prize-winning/bringing vāja)
वाज्यस्थात्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb (finite) / Kṛdanta-based form
Rootस्था (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) ; ‘वाज्य’ (प्रातिपदिक) + स्था → वाज्य-स्थात् (कृदन्त/समास-रूप)
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