Rig Veda 1.84.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 84, Mantra 9
Sukta 1.84
Rishi: Gotama Rāhūgaṇa
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यश्चिद्धि त्वा बहुभ्य आ सुतावाँ आविवासति । उग्रं तत्पत्यते शव इन्द्रो अङ्ग ॥
Transliteration
yáś cid dhí tvā bahúbhya ā́ sutā́vān ā́vivāsati | ugráṃ tát patyate śáva índro aṅgá ||
Translation
For whoever indeed, having pressed the Soma, calls thee down amid the many, to him that fierce force is granted and becomes masterful—yes, that is Indra.
Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (यः = कर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
हिfor, indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म (आविवासति इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
बहुभ्यःto/for many (people)
बहुभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान (दत्तिवाचक-प्रयोगे: ‘many (people)’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
सुतावान्having Soma pressed; Soma-presser
सुतावान्:
कर्तृ (आविवासति इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसुत + वत् (कृत्-प्रत्ययः वत्) < √सु (सुनोति ‘to press (Soma)’)
आविवासतिwelcomes, entertains (with offerings)
आविवासति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वास्/√वस् (विवासयति/विवासति ‘to welcome, to entertain, to honor’) with उपसर्ग आ-
उग्रम्mighty, fierce (thing/power)
उग्रम्:
कर्म (तत्पत्यते इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पत्यतेrushes/falls upon
पत्यते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पत् (पतति/पत्यते ‘to fall, to rush, to swoop’)
शवःstrength, might
शवः:
कर्तृ (पत्यते इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootशवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘strength, might’)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ (अन्तर्भूत-सम्बन्धः: इन्द्रस्य शवः)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गindeed, surely (emphatic particle)
अङ्ग:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअङ्ग (निपात)
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