Rig Veda 9.79.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 79, Mantra 3
Sukta 9.79
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत स्वस्या अरात्या अरिर्हि ष उतान्यस्या अरात्या वृको हि षः । धन्वन्न तृष्णा समरीत ताँ अभि सोम जहि पवमान दुराध्यः ॥
Transliteration
utá svásyā arā́tyā arír hí ṣá utā́nyasyā arā́tyā vṛ́ko hí ṣáḥ | dhánvann ná tṛ́ṣṇā sám arīta tā́n abhí soma jahí pavamāna durā́dhyaḥ ||
Translation
并且，自身的吝啬便成其敌；他人的吝啬便成其狼。它们如干旱之地上奔涌的渴旱，一齐蔓延——净化中的苏摩啊，击灭这些难以制御的势力。
Word by Word
उतand; also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
स्वस्याःof one’s own (of him/its own)
स्वस्याः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अरात्याःof hostility; of enmity
अरात्याः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootअराति (प्रातिपदिक)
अरिःthe enemy
अरिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअरि (प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed; for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ (coreferential)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
अन्यस्याःof another
अन्यस्याः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
अरात्याःof hostility; of enmity
अरात्याः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootअराति (प्रातिपदिक)
वृकःthe wolf
वृकः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवृक (प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ (coreferential)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धन्वन्(over) the desert; the waste
धन्वन्:
अधिकरण (adverbial: in/over the waste)
TypeNoun
Rootधन्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike; as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तृष्णाthirst
तृष्णा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootतृष्णा (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together; wholly
सम्:
—
TypePreverb
Rootसम्
अरीतhas rushed; has moved
अरीत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ऋ (ईर्/ऋ- ‘to go, set in motion’)
तान्those (ones)
तान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अभिagainst; towards
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि
सोमO Soma
सोम:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
जहिslay; strike down
जहि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (to strike, slay)
पवमानO purifying (one)
पवमान:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (participle)
Root√पू (पवते ‘to purify’) → पवमान (present participle)
दुराध्यःthe ill-disposed; hard-to-ward-off (evil ones)
दुराध्यः:
कर्तृ/कर्म (contextual: the evil-minded/ill-intentioned as targets)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootदुराध्य (प्रातिपदिक; दुḥ + आध्य/आधि)
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