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 ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.7.8

Transliteration

ā́ mitrā́varuṇā bhágaṃ mádhvaḥ pavante ū́rmayaḥ | vidānā́ asya śákma-bhiḥ ||

Translation

Toward Mitra-Varuṇa, toward Bhaga, the waves of sweetness flow, knowing his powers of effective action; they bring the harmony of right relations and the share of delight.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• मित्रावरुणा: Mitra and Varuṇa (the two)
• मित्रावरुणा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: मित्र- + वरुण- (प्रातिपदिके)

• भगम्: Bhaga (the god of fortune/share)
• भगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• मध्वः: of sweetness; of honey/soma-sweetness
• मध्वः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• पवन्ते: they purify/flow (as purifying streams)
• पवन्ते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु; पुनाति ‘to purify’) / Vedic present stem पव-

• ऊर्मयः: waves; billows
• ऊर्मयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• विदानाः: knowing; finding (their way/goal)
• विदानाः: Kartā (agreeing with ऊर्मयः)
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: √विद् (to know, find) → क्त (past participle) ‘विदान’ (Vedic)

• अस्य: of him/this (of this one)
• अस्य: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्)

• शक्मभिः: with strengths; with mighty powers
• शक्मभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्म (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘strength, might, power’)