Rig Veda 9.98.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 98, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.98
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स हि त्वं देव शश्वते वसु मर्ताय दाशुषे । इन्दो सहस्रिणं रयिं शतात्मानं विवाससि ॥
Transliteration
sá hí tvaṃ deva śáśvate vásu mártāya dāśúṣe | índo sahásriṇaṃ rayíṃ śatá-ātmānaṃ vivāsasi ||
Translation
Kerana engkaulah, wahai Indu yang ilahi, yang sentiasa mengurniakan kebaikan kepada insan fana yang mempersembahkan: kekayaan seribu kali ganda, harta beratus daya—demikian engkau menempatkannya dalam keluasan dan kesejahteraan.
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवO god
देव:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative) / Epithet
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) < दिव् (धातु, ‘to shine’)
शश्वतेto the ever-lasting/continual (one)
शश्वते:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootशश्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
वसुwealth, good
वसु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
मर्तायto a mortal
मर्ताय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त (प्रातिपदिक) < मृ (धातु, ‘to die’)
दाशुषेto the worshipper/giver
दाशुषे:
Sampradāna
TypeParticiple (perfect/possessive sense) used as noun
Rootदाश्वस्/दाशुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक), √दाश्/√दश् (‘to worship, give, serve’)
इन्दोO Indu (Soma)
इन्दो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative) / Epithet
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रिणम्thousand-fold, having thousands
सहस्रिणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक) < सहस्र
रयिम्wealth, treasure
रयिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक)
शतात्मानम्of a hundredfold nature / hundred-souled (very manifold)
शतात्मानम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशत-आत्मन् (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
विवाससिyou cause (it) to abide / you bestow
विवाससि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवि + √वास् (धातु, ‘to dwell/shine’; in causative/denominative-like Vedic usage ‘to make dwell, to bestow, to cause to abide’)
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