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Rig Veda 9.96.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 96, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.96

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

अजीतयेऽहतये पवस्व स्वस्तये सर्वतातये बृहते । तदुशन्ति विश्व इमे सखायस्तदहं वश्मि पवमान सोम ॥

ajī́taye áhātaye pavasva svastáye sarva-tā́taye bṛhaté | tád uśánti víśva imé sákḥāyas tád aháṃ vaśmi pavamāna soma ||

Purify yourself for invincibility and unassailability, for well-being, for the totality of our perfection, for the vast. All these comrades desire that; that very thing I will for, O Soma, as you purify and flow.

अजीतयेfor unconqueredness / for victory
अजीतये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअजीति- (प्रातिपदिक; a- + √जि 'to conquer')
अहतयेfor non-injury / for inviolability
अहतये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअहति- (प्रातिपदिक; a- + √हन् 'to strike/kill')
पवस्वpurify yourself; flow forth (O Soma)
पवस्व:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पवते) 'to purify, to flow (as Soma)'
स्वस्तयेfor well-being
स्वस्तये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootस्वस्ति- (प्रातिपदिक; su- + अस्ति 'well-being')
सर्वतातयेfor all-ness / for complete prosperity
सर्वतातये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वताति- (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + ताति 'totality/wholeness, full prosperity')
बृहतेfor the great (goal/state)
बृहते:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त्- (प्रातिपदिक; from √बृह् 'to grow, be great')
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उशन्तिthey desire
उशन्ति:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√वश्/उश् (वशति/उशति) 'to desire, wish'
विश्वेall
विश्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व- (प्रातिपदिक)
इमेthese
इमे:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सखायःfriends, companions
सखायः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसखि- (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम)
वश्मिI desire
वश्मि:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√वश् 'to wish, desire'
पवमानO purifying (one)
पवमान:
(सम्बोधन) —
TypeAdjective
Rootपवमान- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पू 'to purify' + शानच्, present middle participle)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
(सम्बोधन) —
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (प्रातिपदिक)

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