Rig Veda 9.109.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 109, Mantra 6

Sukta 9.109

Devata: Soma (Pavamāna)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

दिवो धर्तासि शुक्रः पीयूषः सत्ये विधर्मन्वाजी पवस्व ॥

Transliteration

divó dhartā́si śukráḥ pīyū́ṣaḥ satyé vídharman vājī́ pavasva ||

Translation

Engkaulah penopang langit, nektar yang bercahaya, pīyūṣa; dalam Kebenaran, wahai penegak dharma, sucikanlah dirimu sebagai pembawa kelimpahan daya.

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• दिवः: of heaven, of the sky
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ ‘स्वर्ग’)

• धर्ता: supporter, sustainer
• धर्ता: कर्तृ (as predicate-nominative with ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: √धृ (धारणे) → कर्तृ-प्रत्ययान्त ‘धर्तृ’

• असि: you are
• असि: (copula) कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भुवि)

• शुक्रः: bright, pure
• शुक्रः: विशेषण (of the subject सोमः implied)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पीयूषः: nectar, sweet sap
• पीयूषः: समानााधिकरण/विशेष्य (apposition to the subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीयूष (प्रातिपदिक)

• सत्ये: in truth, in the true (realm/order)
• सत्ये: अधिकरण (locative: ‘in/at the true [order/realm]’)
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally/locatively)
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• विधर्मन्: the ordinance/order (the established rule)
• विधर्मन्: कर्म (object with the following verbal form)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-धर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘धर्मन्’ from √धृ/धर्म ‘support, ordinance’ with वि-)

• वाजी: vigorous, prize-winning
• वाजी: विशेषण (of the subject: Soma as ‘prize-winning/strong’)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक; from वाज ‘strength/prize’)

• पवस्व: purify yourself, flow purified
• पवस्व: क्रिया (imperative addressed to सोमः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवने/शोधने) ‘to purify’ (Vedic: पवते)