Rig Veda 9.4.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 4, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.4

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सना च सोम जेषि च पवमान महि श्रवः । अथा नो वस्यसस्कृधि ॥

Transliteration

sanā́ ca soma jeṣi ca pávamāna máhi śrávaḥ | áthā no vásyasas kṛdhi ||

Translation

苏摩啊，愿你恒常、再三为我等得胜；净化者（Pavamāna）啊，愿你赢取广大之声名（śravas）。然后，请使我等趋入更光明的安泰。

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Word by Word

• सना: from of old; always
• सना: Adhikaraṇa (kāla-adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सना (avyaya-prātipadika; from PIE *sen- ‘old’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (avyaya)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana (addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• जेषि: win!; conquer!
• जेषि: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु; जये)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (avyaya)

• पवमान: O Pavamāna (self-purifying one)
• पवमान: Sambodhana (addressed)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: पवमान (kṛdanta-prātipadika; √पू ‘to purify’ > पवते; pres. ptc. med.)

• महि: greatly; much
• महि: Karma/Viśeṣaṇa of action (manner/intensity)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महि (avyaya; from मह्/महत् ‘great’)

• श्रवः: fame; glory
• श्रवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (prātipadika; from √श्रु ‘to hear’)

• अथा: then; thereafter
• अथा: Adhikaraṇa (kāla/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथा (avyaya)

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor/for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• वस्यसः: of the better (good); of greater benefit
• वस्यसः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (of the better/greater good)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: वस्यस् (comparative prātipadika of वसु ‘good’)

• कृधि: make!; do!
• कृधि: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु; करणे)