Rig Veda 9.61.20: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 20

Sukta 9.61

Rishi: Traditionally attributed within the Pavamāna Soma corpus (RV 9) to Soma-pavamāna seers.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with Indraic/Vṛtra-slaying attributes applied to Soma)

Chandas: Jagatī (typical for many RV 9 stanzas; exact meter should be verified against pada syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

जघ्निर्वृत्रममित्रियं सस्निर्वाजं दिवेदिवे । गोषा उ अश्वसा असि ॥

Transliteration

jághnir vṛtrám amitríyaṃ sásni r vā́jaṃ divédive | goṣā́ u aśvasā́ asi ||

Translation

Jesteś zabójcą przeszkadzającego i wrogiej siły; zdobywasz pełnię mocy dzień po dniu. Jesteś dawcą promieni (krów) i dawcą szybkich energii (koni).

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Word by Word

• जघ्निः: he has slain
• जघ्निः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (√हन्)

• वृत्रम्: Vṛtra (the obstructor)
• वृत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमित्रियम्: hostile, of the foe
• अमित्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; from अमित्र ‘enemy’)

• सस्निः: he has won
• सस्निः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सन्/सस् (√सन्/√सस् ‘to win, gain’ in Vedic perfect formation)

• वाजम्: prize; strength; victory
• वाजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवे-दिवे: day by day
• दिवे-दिवे: Adhikaraṇa (temporal) / purpose-like dative
• Type: Noun (reduplicated distributive) / Adverbial use
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव ‘day’)

• गोषाः: winner of cows; giver of cattle
• गोषाः: Kartā (predicate nominative to असि)
• Type: Noun (agent/possessor sense) / Epithet
• Root: गो-षा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘winning cows/wealth in cows’)

• उ: indeed; and
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• अश्वसाः: winner of horses
• अश्वसाः: Kartā (predicate nominative to असि)
• Type: Noun (agent/possessor sense) / Epithet
• Root: अश्व-सा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘winning horses/wealth in horses’)

• असि: you are
• असि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (√अस्)