Rig Veda 9.66.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 66, Mantra 7
Sukta 9.66
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (in relation to Indra)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र सोम याहि धारया सुत इन्द्राय मत्सरः । दधानो अक्षिति श्रवः ॥
Transliteration
prá soma yāhi dhā́rayā sutá índrāya matsaráḥ | dádhāno ákṣiti śrávaḥ ||
Translation
प्र सोम याहि धारया; सुतोऽसि इन्द्राय मत्सरः। दधानोऽक्षिति श्रवः—आत्मजयस्य ध्रुवं बलम्।
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
याहिcome, go
याहि:
(क्रियापद) —
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
धारयाwith the stream/flow
धारया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधारा (प्रातिपदिक) < धृ/धारय् (to hold/flow)
सुतpressed, expressed
सुत:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसु (धातु) + त (क्त) → सुत (PPP)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मत्सरःthe exhilarating (draught), intoxicant
मत्सरः:
Kartā (as predicate/apposition to सोम)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमत्सर (प्रातिपदिक) < √मद् (to be exhilarated) (Vedic: ‘intoxicating/exhilarating’)
दधानःbearing, bestowing
दधानः:
Kartā (agreeing with सोम/मत्सरः)
TypeParticiple
Rootधा (धातु) + शतृ (present active participle) → दधान
अक्षितिश्रवःimperishable fame/renown
अक्षितिश्रवः:
Karma
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootअक्षिति (a- + क्षिति ‘perishing/decay’, i.e., ‘imperishable’) + श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
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