Rig Veda 9.7.8: Mandala 9, Sukta 7, Mantra 8
Sukta 9.7
Rishi: unknown (not supplied in input)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (invoking Mitra-Varuṇa and Bhaga as associated powers)
Chandas: unknown (not supplied in input)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ मित्रावरुणा भगं मध्वः पवन्त ऊर्मयः । विदाना अस्य शक्मभिः ॥
Transliteration
ā́ mitrā́varuṇā bhágaṃ mádhvaḥ pavante ū́rmayaḥ | vidānā́ asya śákma-bhiḥ ||
Translation
आ मित्रावरुणौ भगं च मध्वः पवन्त ऊर्मयः । विदाना अस्य शक्मभिः ॥
Word by Word
आhither; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
मित्रावरुणाMitra and Varuṇa (the two)
मित्रावरुणा:
Kartā
TypeNoun (dual compound)
Rootमित्र- + वरुण- (प्रातिपदिके)
भगम्Bhaga (the god of fortune/share)
भगम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभग (प्रातिपदिकम्)
मध्वःof sweetness; of honey/soma-sweetness
मध्वः:
—
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिकम्)
पवन्तेthey purify/flow (as purifying streams)
पवन्ते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपू (धातु; पुनाति ‘to purify’) / Vedic present stem पव-
ऊर्मयःwaves; billows
ऊर्मयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिकम्)
विदानाःknowing; finding (their way/goal)
विदानाः:
Kartā (agreeing with ऊर्मयः)
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Root√विद् (to know, find) → क्त (past participle) ‘विदान’ (Vedic)
अस्यof him/this (of this one)
अस्य:
—
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्)
शक्मभिःwith strengths; with mighty powers
शक्मभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशक्म (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘strength, might, power’)
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