Rig Veda 9.36.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 36, Mantra 6

Sukta 9.36

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ दिवस्पृष्ठमश्वयुर्गव्ययुः सोम रोहसि । वीरयुः शवसस्पते ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.36.6

Transliteration

ā́ divás pṛṣṭhám aśva-yúr gavya-yúḥ soma rohasi | vīra-yúḥ śávasas pate ||

Translation

苏摩啊，你登上天之背脊，渴求骏速之力，渴求光辉之牛群（光线），渴求英雄的魂力——噢，力威之主。

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Word by Word

• आ: towards; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• दिवः: of heaven
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (prātipadika: दिव्/द्यौ ‘heaven’)

• पृष्ठम्: the back; summit; surface
• पृष्ठम्: कर्म (goal/object with motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठ (prātipadika)

• अश्वयुः: seeking horses
• अश्वयुः: कर्तृ (apposition to subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्वयु (prātipadika; -यु ‘seeking/desiring’)

• गव्ययुः: seeking cows
• गव्ययुः: कर्तृ (apposition to subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गव्ययु (prātipadika; from गव्य ‘bovine/pertaining to cows’ + -यु)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• रोहसि: thou mountest/ascendest
• रोहसि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु) ‘to rise, mount, grow’

• वीरयुः: seeking heroes/men
• वीरयुः: कर्तृ (apposition to subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीरयु (prātipadika; -यु ‘seeking’)

• शवसः: of strength
• शवसः: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस् (prātipadika) ‘strength, might’

• पते: O lord/master
• पते: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (prātipadika)