Rig Veda 9.38.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 38, Mantra 3
Sukta 9.38
Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Undetermined here
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एतं त्यं हरितो दश मर्मृज्यन्ते अपस्युवः । याभिर्मदाय शुम्भते ॥
Transliteration
etaṃ tyaṃ harito daśa marmṛjyante apasyuvaḥ | yābhir madāya śumbhate ||
Translation
正是此者，十匹赭黄之骏马擦拭磨光——那些勤于功业者；凭借它们，他被装点，以成就威能之狂喜。
Word by Word
एतम्this (him/it)
एतम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun/Determiner
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्यम्that (yonder), the well-known one
त्यम्:
कर्म (एतम् इत्यस्य विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypePronoun/Determiner
Rootत्यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हरितःthe tawny/greenish ones (bays; i.e., the fingers/streams that cleanse Soma)
हरितः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
दशten
दश:
कर्तृ (हरितः इत्यस्य विशेषण)
TypeNumeral
Rootदशन् (संख्या-शब्द)
मर्मृज्यन्तेthey cleanse/purify themselves (they keep rubbing/cleansing)
मर्मृज्यन्ते:
(स्वकर्मक/मध्यस्थ) कर्तृ-क्रिया; ‘हरितः’ कर्तारः
TypeVerb
Rootमृज् (धातु; पुनरुक्त/इंटेन्सिव्-आकृतिः: मर्मृज्)
अपस्युवःactive, industrious, eager in work/ritual action
अपस्युवः:
कर्तृ (हरितः इत्यस्य विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअपस् + यु (प्रातिपदिक: अपस्यु)
याभिःwith which (fem. instruments)
याभिः:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मदायfor exhilaration/intoxication (rapture)
मदाय:
सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
शुम्भतेhe/it adorns itself, becomes splendid
शुम्भते:
कर्तृ-क्रिया (अध्याहृतः कर्ता: सोमः/एतं त्यं)
TypeVerb
Rootशुभ् (धातु; आत्मनेपद)
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