Rig Veda 9.8.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 8, Mantra 7

Sukta 9.8

Rishi: unknown (not supplied in input)

Devata: Soma (Indu/Pavamāna)

Chandas: unknown (not supplied in input)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मघोन आ पवस्व नो जहि विश्वा अप द्विषः । इन्दो सखायमा विश ॥

Transliteration

maghóna ā́ pavasva no jahí víśvā apa dvíṣaḥ | índo sakhā́yam ā́ víśa ||

Translation

慷慨者啊，请为我们而流，在净化中前来；击退一切仇敌之力。因度（Indu）啊，以友与伴之姿，入于我们之内。

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Word by Word

• मघोनः: of the bountiful one (patron/possessor of gifts)
• मघोनः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither, forth
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण (directional)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• पवस्व: purify/flow (as Soma), stream forth
• पवस्व: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते) / √पु (to purify, flow)

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (for us) / सम्बन्ध (our)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• जहि: smite, slay
• जहि: क्रिया (आदेश)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (to strike, slay)

• विश्वाः: all (of them)
• विश्वाः: कर्म (object of ‘अप’/‘जहि’ as ‘all [of them]’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively with implied noun)
• Root: विश्व (सर्व/समस्त) (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप: away, off
• अप: क्रियाविशेषण (separative)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• द्विषः: haters, foes
• द्विषः: कर्म (object of ‘जहि’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विष् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hater/foe’)

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma)
• इन्दो: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; Soma)

• सखायम्: a friend, companion
• सखायम्: कर्म (object of ‘विश’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण (directional)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• विश: enter, come in (to)
• विश: क्रिया (आदेश)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (to enter, settle upon; to come in)