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Rig Veda 9.89.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 89, Mantra 7

Sukta 9.89

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (for Indra; Vṛtrahan epithet applied to Soma’s empowering role)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वन्वन्नवातो अभि देववीतिमिन्द्राय सोम वृत्रहा पवस्व । शग्धि महः पुरुश्चन्द्रस्य रायः सुवीर्यस्य पतयः स्याम ॥

Transliteration

vánvan ávāto abhí deva-vī́tim índrāya soma vṛtra-hā́ pavasva | śágdhi maháḥ puru-candrásya rāyáḥ su-vī́ryasya pátayaḥ syāma ||

Translation

வெற்றி பெறுகின்றவனாய், காற்றால் உந்தப்பட்டவனாய், தேவர்களை அடையும் வழி (தேவவீதி) நோக்கி முன்னேறு; ஹே சோமா, வ்ருத்ரஹா, இந்திரனுக்காக உன்னைத் தூய்மைப்படுத்திக் கொள். மாபெரும், பலஒளி கொண்ட செல்வத்தை எங்களுக்கு அருள்வாயாக; அழகிய வலிமை உடைய வீரத்திறன் (சுவீர்ய) எங்களுக்குச் சொந்தமாகட்டும்.

Word by Word
वन्वन्striving / winning
वन्वन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√वन् (वनति/वन्वति ‘to win, strive, desire’)
अवातःwindless / without wind
अवातः:
Kartā (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-वात (प्रातिपदिक ‘without wind’)
अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
(directional modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि
देववीतिम्the divine course/aid (of the gods)
देववीतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-वीति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘divine pursuit/way/aid’)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
(address)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
वृत्रहाVṛtra-slayer
वृत्रहा:
(apposition to Indra)
TypeNoun/epithet
Rootवृत्र-हन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Vṛtra-slayer’)
पवस्वpurify yourself / flow purified
पवस्व:
(injunction to Soma as Kartā)
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पुनाति ‘to purify’) / √पव् (Vedic ‘to become pure, flow as purified’)
शग्धिbe able; grant
शग्धि:
(injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√शक् (शक्नोति ‘to be able’; Vedic imperative ‘be able, grant’)
महःof the great (abundance)
महः:
(genitive qualifier)
TypeAdjective used substantively
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुचन्द्रस्यof the very-bright
पुरुचन्द्रस्य:
(genitive qualifier)
TypeAdjective (genitive)
Rootपुरु-चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘much-shining, very bright’)
रायःof wealth / bounty
रायः:
(genitive: object of ‘grant’)
TypeNoun
Rootराय्/राय (प्रातिपदिक ‘wealth, bounty’)
सुवीर्यस्यof good valor / heroic power
सुवीर्यस्य:
(genitive qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootसु-वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक ‘good heroism, valor, strength’)
पतयःlords, masters
पतयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
स्यामmay we be
स्याम:
(predicate of ‘we’)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (to be)
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Vedic Cosmology
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Yogic Application
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