Rig Veda 9.80.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 80, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.80

Rishi: Traditionally attributed to seers of the Soma Pavamāna corpus; specific r̥ṣi for RV 9.80.2 not securely inferable from the provided excerpt alone.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Soma in the act of purification), with explicit orientation 'for Indra' (इन्द्राय).

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (common in RV 9; requires full metrical count confirmation).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यं त्वा वाजिन्नघ्न्या अभ्यनूषतायोहतं योनिमा रोहसि द्युमान् । मघोनामायुः प्रतिरन्महि श्रव इन्द्राय सोम पवसे वृषा मदः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.80.2

Transliteration

yáṃ tvā vājinn aghnyā́ abhyánūṣatáyo-hataṃ yónim ā́ rohasi dyumā́n | maghónām ā́yuḥ pratirán máhi śráva índrāya soma pavase vṛ́ṣā mádaḥ ||

Translation

โอ โสมะ ผู้ทรงพลังและมีชัย เหล่าโคแห่งแสงผู้ไม่อาจถูกทำร้ายได้ขับขานสรรเสริญท่าน; ท่านไต่ขึ้นสู่ครรภ์ที่ถูกตีด้วยเหล็ก—ภาชนะอันมั่นคง—ส่องประกายรุ่งโรจน์. ท่านขับไล่สิ่งที่บั่นทอนอายุของผู้ให้ทาน แล้วกลายเป็นเกียรติยศอันไพศาลและพลังแก่พระอินทระ; ท่านคือความปีติเมามายอันองอาจ.

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• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजिन्: O Vājin (winner/strong one)
• वाजिन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वाज’ से)

• अघ्न्याः: the ‘not-to-be-slain’ cows (holy cows)
• अघ्न्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ्न्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अभि

• अनूषत: they sought/wooed (him), they praised
• अनूषत: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वश् (वशँ/उष्-वर्ग; Vedic: ‘to desire/seek, to woo, to praise’)

• आ: hither, to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ

• योहतम्: being led/yoked on
• योहतम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: युह्/युज्? (Vedic form; here as a kṛdanta/epithet meaning ‘yoked/led on’)

• योनिम्: the womb, seat, resting-place
• योनिम्: Adhikaraṇa (goal/place) / Karma (object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: into, up to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ

• रोहसि: you ascend, you mount
• रोहसि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (रुहँ)

• द्युमान्: shining, radiant
• द्युमान्: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मघोनाम्: of the bountiful (patrons)
• मघोनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघवन्/मघोन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful ones’)

• आयुः: life, lifetime
• आयुः: Kartā/Viśeṣya (subject-noun in apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतिरन्: reaching, attaining, responding
• प्रतिरन्: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Participle/Verbal form
• Root: प्रति-ऋ (ऋ गतौ) / प्रति-रम्? (Vedic: ‘to reach/attain/answer back’; form used as a verbal adjective/participle)

• महि: great
• महि: —
• Type: Adjective (indeclinable use)
• Root: महि (प्रातिपदिक/avyaya-like adjective ‘great’)

• श्रवः: fame, glory
• श्रवः: Karma/Phala
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवसे: you purify yourself, you flow purified
• पवसे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (पूञ् शुद्धौ) → पव् (Vedic present-stem)

• वृषा: the bull; the vigorous one
• वृषा: Kartā (epithet)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषन्/वृष (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदः: intoxication, exhilaration
• मदः: Kartā/Viśeṣya (apposition to Soma) / Phala
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)