Rig Veda 9.105.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 105, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.105
Devata: Soma (Indu)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सं वत्स इव मातृभिरिन्दुर्हिन्वानो अज्यते । देवावीर्मदो मतिभिः परिष्कृतः ॥
Transliteration
saṃ vatsa iva mātṛbhir índur hinvā́no ajyate | devāvī́r mádo matíbhiḥ páriṣkṛtaḥ ||
Translation
सं वत्स इव मातृभिरिन्दुर्हिन्वानोऽज्यते। देवावीर्मदो मतिभिः परिष्कृतः।
Word by Word
सम्together, fully (preverb)
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग) / saṃ
वत्सःcalf
वत्सः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स (प्रातिपदिक) / vatsa
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात) / iva
मातृभिःby/with the mothers
मातृभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक) / mātṛ
इन्दुःIndu (Soma-drop)
इन्दुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) / indu
हिन्वानःbeing impelled/urged on, speeding
हिन्वानः:
Kartā (इन्दुः का विशेषणम्)
TypeVerb
Rootहिनु (धातु) / √hinu
अज्यतेis anointed, is smeared (with ghee)
अज्यते:
Karma (स्वकर्मक/मध्यस्थ— ‘is anointed/greased’)
TypeVerb
Rootअञ्ज् (धातु) / √añj
देवावीरमदःthe exhilaration/rapture of the god-heroes (or: god-heroic exhilaration)
देवावीरमदः:
Kartā (इन्दुः का विशेषणम्/अप्पोज़िशन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + वीर (प्रातिपदिक) + मद (प्रातिपदिक)
मतिभिःby/with thoughts, hymns, devotions
मतिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमति (प्रातिपदिक) / mati
परिष्कृतःpurified, thoroughly prepared/adorned
परिष्कृतः:
Kartā (इन्दुः का विशेषणम्)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) / √kṛ with परि- + निष् (परिष्कृ)
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