Rig Veda 9.61.23: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 23
Sukta 9.61
Rishi: Kavi Bhārgava (traditional, hymn-level)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Trishtubh/Jagatī (requires scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सुवीरासो वयं धना जयेम सोम मीढ्वः । पुनानो वर्ध नो गिरः ॥
Transliteration
suvī́rāso vayáṃ dhánā jáyema soma mī́ḍhvaḥ | punā́nō vardha no gíraḥ ||
Translation
ఓ మీఢ్వః—ఉదార సోమా! మేము సువీరాసః—సత్యవీర్యముతో యుక్తులమై—ధనములను జయించుదుము. నీవు పవమానుడై మా గిరః—మా మంత్రవాక్యములను—వర్ధింపుము; మా వాణిని సత్యపు వర్ధమాన శక్తిగా చేయుము.
Word by Word
सु-वीरासः(we) having good heroes / very valiant
सु-वीरासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक) + सु- (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धनानिwealths, treasures
धनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधन (प्रातिपदिक)
जयेमmay we win
जयेम:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जि (जये)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
Sampradāna (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
मीढ्वःO bountiful one / giver of rewards
मीढ्वः:
Sampradāna (addressed epithet)
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootमीढ्वस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘rewarding/beneficent’)
पुनानःpurifying (thyself), being purified
पुनानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Root√पू (पुनाति) → पुनान (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय; present middle participle)
वर्धincrease, make grow
वर्ध:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (वर्धते/वर्धति)
नःfor us / of us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (enclitic pronoun)
गिरःsongs, hymns, praises
गिरः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
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