Rig Veda 9.11.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 11, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.11

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि ते मधुना पयोऽथर्वाणो अशिश्रयुः । देवं देवाय देवयु ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.11.2

Transliteration

abhí te mádhunā páyo átharvāṇo aśiśrayuḥ | deváṃ devā́ya deva-yú ||

Translation

اتھرون آپ کی طرف شہد ملے دودھ لے کر جھکے؛ الہی کو الہی کی طرف پہنچایا جاتا ہے, جو دیوتاؤں کا آرزومند ہے۔

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards; upon
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa (directional/locative sense) / upasarga modifying the verb
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ते: thy; of you
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) with मधुना/पयः (thy sweetness/milk)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुना: with sweetness; with honey
• मधुना: Karaṇa (instrument/means): ‘with sweetness’
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पयः: milk; sap; (Soma-)juice
• पयः: Karma (goal/object): ‘towards thy milk/juice’
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथर्वाणः: the Atharvans (a priestly clan)
• अथर्वाणः: Kartā (agent): ‘the Atharvans/priests’
• Type: Noun
• Root: अथर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अशिश्रयुः: they resorted; they leaned/pressed themselves (towards)
• अशिश्रयुः: Kriyā (finite verb); governs अभि + accusative
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (धातु) ‘to lean on, resort to, take refuge’; reduplicated aorist formation

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (object): ‘the god’
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाय: for (a) god; to the god
• देवाय: Sampradāna (recipient/purpose): ‘for the god’
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवयुः: god-seeking; desiring the gods
• देवयुः: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier) / apposition
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवयु (प्रातिपदिक; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa sense ‘desiring the gods’ from देव + यु ‘to seek/desire’)