Rig Veda 9.57.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 57, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.57

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ते धारा असश्चतो दिवो न यन्ति वृष्टयः । अच्छा वाजं सहस्रिणम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.57.1

Transliteration

prá te dhā́rā asaścáto divó na yánti vṛṣṭáyaḥ | ácchā vā́jaṃ sahasríṇam ||

Translation

Maju mengalir aliranmu yang tidak putus-putus, bagaikan hujan dari langit, menuju kelimpahan daya yang seribu-lipat.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga) / pra-

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (2nd person pronoun) / yuṣmad-

• धाराः: streams, flows
• धाराः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा-

• असश्चतः: flowing, streaming
• असश्चतः: Kartā (as adjectival to the subject धाराः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु) / sac- ‘to follow, accompany; to stream/flow’

• दिवः: from heaven
• दिवः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ- (prātipadika: दिव्/द्यौः)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (particle) / na

• यन्ति: go, move
• यन्ति: Kartā (verb of the subject धाराः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) / yā- ‘to go’

• वृष्टयः: rains, rain-showers
• वृष्टयः: Kartā (in the simile: ‘rains’ as standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि-

• अच्छा: towards, unto
• अच्छा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छा (indecl.) / acchā

• वाजम्: prize, strength, (ritual) reward
• वाजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज-

• सहस्रिणम्: thousandfold, possessing thousands
• सहस्रिणम्: Karma (qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रिन्- (possessive adj. from सहस्र ‘thousand’)