Rig Veda 9.79.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 79, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.79
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र णो धन्वन्त्विन्दवो मदच्युतो धना वा येभिरर्वतो जुनीमसि । तिरो मर्तस्य कस्य चित्परिह्वृतिं वयं धनानि विश्वधा भरेमहि ॥
Transliteration
prá no dhanvantv índavo mada-cyúto dhánā vā yébhiḥ árvato junī́masi | tiró mártasya kásya cit pári-hvṛtiṃ vayáṃ dhánāni viśvá-dhā bharemahi ||
Translation
愿苏摩之滴为我们疾驰，倾泻醉悦（mada）——凭借那些财富，我们得以轭上那热切的骏马。越过任何凡人所设的欺夺与索求，愿我们以万般方式承载诸财。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग) / प्र (अव्यय)
नःof us, our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
धन्वन्तुlet (them) speed/stream
धन्वन्तु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootधन्व् (धातु; ‘धन्वति/धन्वन्ति’ = धावति/वेगं करोति, ‘to speed/stream’—सोमप्रवाहे)
इन्दवःthe Soma-drops
इन्दवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
मदच्युतःflowing with intoxication/rapture
मदच्युतः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमद-च्युत (कृदन्त/समास; च्युत < √च्यु ‘to move, fall, flow’)
धनाःwealths, riches
धनाः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootधन (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor/and
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
येभिःby which (means), with which
येभिः:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
अर्वतःswift horses
अर्वतः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअर्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
जुनीमसिwe impel/drive
जुनीमसि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√जु (जुनाति ‘to impel, set in motion, yoke/drive’)
तिरःacross, beyond
तिरः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतिरस् (अव्यय)
मर्तस्यof a mortal
मर्तस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
कस्यof whom/anyone’s
कस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रश्न/अनिश्चित सर्वनाम)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय)
परिह्वृतिम्deceit/obstruction (that surrounds)
परिह्वृतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपरि-ह्वृति (प्रातिपदिक; ह्वृति ‘crookedness, deceit/obstruction’ < √ह्वर/ह्वृ ‘to go crooked, be false’)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
धनानिwealths
धनानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootधन (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वधाin every way, wholly
विश्वधा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविश्वधा (अव्यय; विश्व + धा ‘in every way’)
भरेमहिmay we bring/obtain
भरेमहि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरति ‘to bear, bring, win’)
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