9.8.8
वृ॒ष्टिं दि॒वः परि॑ स्रव द्यु॒म्नं पृ॑थि॒व्या अधि॑
सहो॑ नः सोम पृ॒त्सु धाः॑
9.8.8
vr̥ṣṭíṃ diváḥ pári srava
dyumnám pr̥thivyā́ ádhi
sáho naḥ soma pr̥tsú dhāḥ
9.8.8
vṛṣṭimfrom vr̥ṣṭí-
from dyú- ~ div-
from pári
from √sru-
from dyumná-
from pr̥thivī́-
from ádhi
from sáhas-
from sóma-
from √dhā- 1
9.8.8
Send down the rain from heaven, a stream of opulence from earth. Give us, O Soma, victory in war.
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| 9.8.8 | vr̥ṣṭím | vr̥ṣṭí- vṛṣṭi : vṛṣṭí or vṛ́ṣṭi, f. (sg. and pl.) rain, [RV.] &c. &c. (ifc. often = a shower of, cf. puṣpa-, śaravṛ°) vṛṣṭi : (in Sāṃkhya) one of the four forms of internal acquiescence (cf. salila), [MW.] vṛṣṭi : vṛṣṭí m. a partic. Ekāha, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] vṛṣṭi : N. of a son of Kukura (cf. vṛṣṭa), [VP.] 🔎 vr̥ṣṭí- | nominal stemSGFACC |
| 9.8.8 | diváḥ | dyú- ~ div- dyu : cl. 2. P. dyauti ([Dhātup. xxiv, 31]; pf. dudyāva, 3. pl. dudyuvur) to go against, attack, assail, [Bhaṭṭ.] dyu : dyú for 3. div as inflected stem and in comp. before consonants. 🔎 dyú- ~ div- | nominal stemSGMABL |
| 9.8.8 | pári pari : pári ind. round, around, about, round about pari : fully, abundantly, richly (esp. ibc. [where also parī] to express fulness or high degree), [RV.] &c. &c. pari : as a prep. (with acc.) about (in space and time), [RV.]; [AV.] pari : against, opposite to, in the direction of, towards, to, [ib.] (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 90]; also at the beginning of a comp. mfn.; cf. [ib.] [ii, 2, 18], Vārtt. 4, [Pat.] and pary-adhyayana) pari : beyond, more than, [AV.] pari : to the share of (with √ as, or bhū, to fall to a person's lot), [Pāṇ. i, 4, 90] pari : successively, severally (e.g. vṛkṣam pari siñcati, he waters tree after tree), [ib.] pari : (with abl.) from, away from, out of [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 93]) pari : outside of, except, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 88], [Kāś.] (often repeated, [ib.] [viii, 1, 5]; also at the beginning or the end of an ind. comp. [ib.] [ii, 1, 12]) pari : after the lapse of [Mn. iii, 119]; [MBh. xiii, 4672] (some read parisaṃvatsarāt) pari : in consequence or on account or for the sake of [RV.]; [AV.] pari : according to (esp. dhármaṇas pári, according to ordinance or in conformity with law or right), [RV.] pari : [cf. Zd. pairi; Gk. περί.] 🔎 pári | pári pari : pári ind. round, around, about, round about pari : fully, abundantly, richly (esp. ibc. [where also parī] to express fulness or high degree), [RV.] &c. &c. pari : as a prep. (with acc.) about (in space and time), [RV.]; [AV.] pari : against, opposite to, in the direction of, towards, to, [ib.] (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 90]; also at the beginning of a comp. mfn.; cf. [ib.] [ii, 2, 18], Vārtt. 4, [Pat.] and pary-adhyayana) pari : beyond, more than, [AV.] pari : to the share of (with √ as, or bhū, to fall to a person's lot), [Pāṇ. i, 4, 90] pari : successively, severally (e.g. vṛkṣam pari siñcati, he waters tree after tree), [ib.] pari : (with abl.) from, away from, out of [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 93]) pari : outside of, except, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 88], [Kāś.] (often repeated, [ib.] [viii, 1, 5]; also at the beginning or the end of an ind. comp. [ib.] [ii, 1, 12]) pari : after the lapse of [Mn. iii, 119]; [MBh. xiii, 4672] (some read parisaṃvatsarāt) pari : in consequence or on account or for the sake of [RV.]; [AV.] pari : according to (esp. dhármaṇas pári, according to ordinance or in conformity with law or right), [RV.] pari : [cf. Zd. pairi; Gk. περί.] 🔎 pári | invariablelocal particle:LP |
| 9.8.8 | srava srava : &c. See col. 2. srava : m. flowing, streaming, a flow of (comp.), [MBh.]; [R.] &c. srava : a waterfall, [L.] srava : urine, [L.] srava : mf(A)n. streaming or flowing with (comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. 🔎 srava | √sru- sru : (incorrectly written śru; cf. √ 2. śru) cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 42]) srávati (ep. and mc. also °te; pf. susrāva, susruvuḥ, [AV.] &c.; susruve, [MBh.] &c.; aor. ásusrot, [AV.]; [Br.]; asrāvīt, [JaimBr.]; asrauṣīt [?] [ŚBr.]; fut. srotā Gr.; sroṣyati, [ib.]; sraviṣyati, [MBh.]; inf. srotum Gr.; srávitave, srávitavaí, [RV.]), to flow, stream, gush forth, issue from (abl., rarely instr.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to flow with, shed, emit, drop, distil (acc.), [ChUp.]; [MBh.] &c.; to leak, trickle, [RV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [Kathās.]; to fail, not turn out well, [TS.]; [Br.]; to waste away, perish, disappear, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to slip or issue out before the right time (said of a fetus), [TBr.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.]; (with garbham) to bring forth prematurely, miscarry, [ĀpŚr.]; to issue, arise or come from (abl.); to come in, accrue (as interest), [Nār.] : Caus. srāvayati (in later language also sravayati; aor. asusravat, or asisravat), to cause to flow, shed, spill, [AV.]; [Mn.]; [Suśr.]; to set in motion, stir up, arouse, [Kāṭh.] : Desid. of Caus. susrāvayiṣati or sisrāvayiṣati Gr.: Desid. susrūṣati, [ib.] : Intens. sosrūyate, sosroti, [ib.] sru : [cf. Gk. ῥέω (for σρεϝω), ῥύσις &c.; Lith. sravė́ti; Germ. stroum, Strom; Angl.Sax. streám; Eng. stream.] 🔎 √sru- | rootSGPRSACT2IMP |
| 9.8.8 | dyumnám | dyumná- dyumna : dyumná n. splendour, glory, majesty, power, strength, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚrS.]; [MBh. i, 6406] dyumna : enthusiasm, inspiration, [RV.]; [VS.] dyumna : wealth, possession (= dhana, [Naigh. ii, 10]), [Daś.] dyumna : food, [L.] dyumna : N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.] dyumna : dyumná m. N. of the author of [RV. v, 53], of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.] dyumna : N. of the author of [RV. v, 53] dyumna : of a son of Manu and Naḍvalā, [BhP.] 🔎 dyumná- | nominal stemSGNACC |
| 9.8.8 | pr̥thivyā́ḥ | pr̥thivī́- pṛthivī : pṛthivī́ f. (= pṛthvī f. of pṛthu) the earth or wide world (‘the broad and extended One’, personified as devī and often invoked together with the sky [cf. 3. div and dyāvā-pṛthivī, [RTL. 182]]; according to [VP.] daughter of pṛthu; the Veda makes 3 earths, one called bhūmi, inhabited by men, and 2 under it; there is also an earth between the world of men and the circumambient ocean [[ŚBr.]] and one extending through the 3 worlds [[Naigh.]]), [RV.] &c. &c. pṛthivī : land, ground, soil, [ib.] pṛthivī : earth regarded as one of the elements, [Prab.]; [Suśr.] pṛthivī : = antarikṣa, [Naigh. i, 3] 🔎 pr̥thivī́- | nominal stemSGFABL |
| 9.8.8 | ádhi adhi : m. (better ādhi, q.v.), anxiety adhi : f. a woman in her courses (= avi, q.v.), [L.] adhi : ádhi ind., as a prefix to verbs and nouns, expresses above, over and above, besides. As a separable adverb or preposition adhi : (with abl.) Ved. over adhi : from above, from adhi : from the presence of adhi : after, [AitUp.] adhi : for adhi : instead of [RV. i, 140, 11], (with loc.) Ved. over adhi : on adhi : at adhi : in comparison with adhi : (with acc.) over, upon, concerning. 🔎 ádhi | ádhi adhi : m. (better ādhi, q.v.), anxiety adhi : f. a woman in her courses (= avi, q.v.), [L.] adhi : ádhi ind., as a prefix to verbs and nouns, expresses above, over and above, besides. As a separable adverb or preposition adhi : (with abl.) Ved. over adhi : from above, from adhi : from the presence of adhi : after, [AitUp.] adhi : for adhi : instead of [RV. i, 140, 11], (with loc.) Ved. over adhi : on adhi : at adhi : in comparison with adhi : (with acc.) over, upon, concerning. 🔎 ádhi | invariablelocal particle:LP |
| 9.8.8 | sáhaḥ | sáhas- sahas : sáhas mfn. powerful, mighty, victorious (superl. tama), [RV.] sahas : sáhas m. the month Mārgaśīrṣa or Agrahāyaṇa (November-December), the winter season, [VS.]; [Suśr.]; [Pur.] sahas : sáhas n. strength, power, force, victory (sahasas putra or °saḥ sūnu m. ‘son of strength’, N. of Agni in [RV.]; sahasā ind. See below; sahobhiḥ ind. = ‘mightily, intensely’), [RV.] &c. &c. sahas : sáhas n. water, [Naigh. i, 12] sahas : light, [L.]; N. of various Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.] sahas : [cf. Goth. sigis; Angl.Sax. sigor, sige; Germ. Sieg.] sahas : , °sa &c. See p. 1193, col. 1. 🔎 sáhas- | nominal stemSGNACC |
| 9.8.8 | naḥ | ahám aham : ahám nom. sg., ‘I’, [RV.] &c. aham : = ahaṃkaraṇa, q.v., (hence declinable gen. ahamas, &c.), [BhP.] aham : [Zd. azem; Gk. ἐγώ; Goth. ik; Mod. Germ. ich; Lith. asz; Slav. az]. 🔎 ahám | pronounPLDAT |
| 9.8.8 | soma soma : sóma m. (fr. √ 3. su) juice, extract, (esp.) the juice of the Soma plant, (also) the Soma plant itself (said to be the climbing plant Sarcostema Viminalis or Asclepias Acida, the stalks [aṃśu] of which were pressed between stones [adri] by the priests, then sprinkled with water, and purified in a strainer [pavitra]; whence the acid juice trinkled into jars [kalaśa] or larger vessels [droṇa]; after which it was mixed with clarified butter, flour &c., made to ferment, and then offered in libations to the gods [in this respect corresponding with the ritual of the Iranian Avesta] or was drunk by the Brāhmans, by both of whom its exhilarating effect was supposed to be prized; it was collected by moonlight on certain mountains [in [RV. x, 34, 1], the mountain Mūja-vat is mentioned]; it is sometimes described as having been brought from the sky by a falcon [śyena] and guarded by the Gandharvas; it is personified as one of the most important of Vedic gods, to whose praise all the 114 hymns of the 9th book of the [RV.] besides 6 in other books and the whole, [SV.] are dedicated; in post-Vedic mythology and even in a few of the latest hymns of the [RV.] [although not in the whole of the 9th book] as well as sometimes in the [AV.] and in the [Br.], Soma is identified with the moon [as the receptacle of the other beverage of the gods called Amṛta, or as the lord of plants, cf. indu, oṣadhi-pati] and with the god of the moon, as well as with Viṣṇu, Śiva, Yama, and Kubera; he is called rājan, and appears among the 8 Vasus and the 8 Loka-pālas [[Mn. v, 96]], and is the reputed author of [RV. x, 124, 1], [5]-[9], of a law-book &c.; cf. below), [RV.] &c. &c. soma : the moon or moon-god (see above) soma : a Soma sacrifice, [AitĀr.] soma : a day destined for extracting the Soma-juice, [ĀśvŚr.] soma : Monday (= soma-vāra), [Inscr.] soma : nectar, [L.] soma : camphor, [L.] soma : air, wind, [L.] soma : water, [L.] soma : a drug of supposed magical properties, [W.] soma : a partic. mountain or mountainous range (accord. to some the mountains of the moon), [ib.] soma : a partic. class of Pitṛs (prob. for soma-pā), [ib.] soma : N. of various authors (also with paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa, śarman &c.; cf. above), [Cat.] soma : = somacandra, or somendu, [HPariś.] soma : N. of a monkey-chief, [L.] soma : sóma (am), n. rice-water, rice-gruel, [L.] soma : heaven, sky, ether, [L.] soma : sóma mfn. relating to Soma (prob. w.r. for sauma), [Kāṭh.] soma : mfn. (prob.) together with Umā, [IndSt.] 🔎 soma | sóma- soma : sóma m. (fr. √ 3. su) juice, extract, (esp.) the juice of the Soma plant, (also) the Soma plant itself (said to be the climbing plant Sarcostema Viminalis or Asclepias Acida, the stalks [aṃśu] of which were pressed between stones [adri] by the priests, then sprinkled with water, and purified in a strainer [pavitra]; whence the acid juice trinkled into jars [kalaśa] or larger vessels [droṇa]; after which it was mixed with clarified butter, flour &c., made to ferment, and then offered in libations to the gods [in this respect corresponding with the ritual of the Iranian Avesta] or was drunk by the Brāhmans, by both of whom its exhilarating effect was supposed to be prized; it was collected by moonlight on certain mountains [in [RV. x, 34, 1], the mountain Mūja-vat is mentioned]; it is sometimes described as having been brought from the sky by a falcon [śyena] and guarded by the Gandharvas; it is personified as one of the most important of Vedic gods, to whose praise all the 114 hymns of the 9th book of the [RV.] besides 6 in other books and the whole, [SV.] are dedicated; in post-Vedic mythology and even in a few of the latest hymns of the [RV.] [although not in the whole of the 9th book] as well as sometimes in the [AV.] and in the [Br.], Soma is identified with the moon [as the receptacle of the other beverage of the gods called Amṛta, or as the lord of plants, cf. indu, oṣadhi-pati] and with the god of the moon, as well as with Viṣṇu, Śiva, Yama, and Kubera; he is called rājan, and appears among the 8 Vasus and the 8 Loka-pālas [[Mn. v, 96]], and is the reputed author of [RV. x, 124, 1], [5]-[9], of a law-book &c.; cf. below), [RV.] &c. &c. soma : the moon or moon-god (see above) soma : a Soma sacrifice, [AitĀr.] soma : a day destined for extracting the Soma-juice, [ĀśvŚr.] soma : Monday (= soma-vāra), [Inscr.] soma : nectar, [L.] soma : camphor, [L.] soma : air, wind, [L.] soma : water, [L.] soma : a drug of supposed magical properties, [W.] soma : a partic. mountain or mountainous range (accord. to some the mountains of the moon), [ib.] soma : a partic. class of Pitṛs (prob. for soma-pā), [ib.] soma : N. of various authors (also with paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa, śarman &c.; cf. above), [Cat.] soma : = somacandra, or somendu, [HPariś.] soma : N. of a monkey-chief, [L.] soma : sóma (am), n. rice-water, rice-gruel, [L.] soma : heaven, sky, ether, [L.] soma : sóma mfn. relating to Soma (prob. w.r. for sauma), [Kāṭh.] soma : mfn. (prob.) together with Umā, [IndSt.] 🔎 sóma- | nominal stemSGMVOC |
| 9.8.8 | pr̥tsú | pŕ̥t- pṛt : f. (only in loc. pl. pṛtsú, in one place [[i, 129, 4]] pṛtsúṣu, [RV.]; but according to [Vop.] also in other cases, viz. pṛtas, pṛtā, pṛdbhyām) battle, contest, strife. 🔎 pŕ̥t- | nominal stemPLFLOC |
| 9.8.8 | dhāḥ | √dhā- 1 dhā : f. in 2. tiro-dhā́ dhā : dur-dhā́ (qq.vv.) dhā : cl. 3. P. Ā. dádhāti, dhatté, [RV.] &c. &c. (P. du. dadhvás, dhatthás, dhattás [[Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38]]; pl. dadhmási or °más, dhatthá, dādhati; impf. ádadhāt pl. °dhur, 2. pl. ádhatta or ádadhāta, [RV. vii, 33, 4]; Subj. dádhat or °dhāt [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 70], [Kāś.]], °dhas, °dhatas, °dhan; Pot. dadhyā́t; Impv. dādhātu pl. °dhatu; 2. sg. dhehí [fr. dhaddhi; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119]] or dhattāt, [RV. iii, 8, 1]; 2. pl. dhattá, [i, 64, 15], dhattana, [i, 20, 7], dádhāta, [vii, 32, 13], or °tana, [x, 36, 13] [cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 45], Sch.]; p. dádhat, °ti m. pl. °tas; Ā. 1. sg. dadhé [at once 3. sg. = dhatté, [RV. i, 149, 5] &c. and = pf. Ā.], 2. sg. dhátse, [viii, 85, 5] or dhatsé, [AV. v, 7, 2]; 2. 3. du. dadhā́the, °dhā́te; 2. pl. °dhidhvé [cf. pf.]; 3. pl. dádhate, [RV. v, 41, 2]; impf. ádhatta, °tthās; Subj. dádhase, [viii, 32, 6] [[Pāṇ. iii, 4, 96], [Kāś.]]; Pot. dádhīta, [RV. i, 40, 2] or dadhītá, [v, 66, 1]; Impv. 2. sg. dhatsva, [x, 87, 2] or dadhiṣva, [iii, 40, 5] &c.; 2. pl. dhaddhvam [[Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38], [Kāś.]] or dadhidhvam, [RV. vii, 34, 10], &c.; 3. pl. dadhatām, [AV. viii, 8, 3]; p. dádhāna); rarely cl. 1. P. Ā. dadhati, °te, [RV.]; [MBh.]; only thrice cl. 2. P. dhā́ti, [RV.]; and once cl. 4. Ā. Pot. dhāyeta, [MaitrUp.] (pf. P. dadhaú, °dhā́tha, °dhatur, °dhimā́ or °dhimá, °dhur, [RV.] &c.; Ā. dadhé [cf. pr.], dadhiṣé or dhiṣe, [RV. i, 56, 6]; 2. 3. du. dadhā́the, °dhā́te, 2. pl. dadhidhvé [cf. pr.]; 3. pl. dadhiré, dadhre, [x, 82, 5]; [6], or dhire, [i, 166, 10] &c.; p. dádhāna [cf. pr.]; aor. P. ádhāt, dhā́t, dhā́s; adhúr, dhúr, [RV.] &c.; Pot. dheyām, °yur; dhetana, [RV.]; [TBr.]; 2. sg. dhāyīs, [RV. i, 147, 5]; Impv. dhā́tu [cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 8] Vārtt. 3; [Pat.]]; 2. pl. dhā́ta or °tana, 3. pl. dhāntu, [RV.]; Ā. adhita, °thās, adhītām, adhīmahi, dhīmahi, dhimahe, dhāmahe, [RV.]; 3. sg. ahita, hita, [AV.]; [TĀr.]; Subj. dhéthe, [RV. i, 158, 2], dhaithe, [vi, 67, 7]; Impv. dhiṣvā́ or dhiṣvá, [ii, 11, 18], &c.; P. adhat, [SV.]; dhat, [RV.]; P. dhāsur Subj. °sathas and °satha, [RV.]; Ā. adhiṣi, °ṣata, [Br.]; Pot. dhiṣīya, [ib.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 4, 45]]; dheṣīya, [MaitrS.]; fut. dhāsyati, °te or dhātā, [Br.] &c.; inf. dhā́tum, [Br.] &c.; Ved. also °tave, °tavaí, °tos; dhiyádhyai, [RV.]; Class. also -dhitum; ind.p. dhitvā́, [Br.]; hitvā [[Pāṇ. vii, 4, 42]], -dhā́ya and -dhā́m, [AV.] : Pass. dhīyáte, [RV.] &c. [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66]], p. dhīyámāna, [RV. i, 155, 2] ; aor. ádhāyi, dhā́yi, [RV.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 33], [Kāś.]]; Prec. dhāsīṣṭa or dhāyiṣīṣṭa [[vi, 4, 62]]) to put, place, set, lay in or on (loc.), [RV.] &c. &c. (with daṇḍam, to inflict punishment on [with loc. [MBh. v, 1075], with gen. [R. v, 28, 7]]; with tat-padavyām padam, to put one's foot in another's footstep i.e. imitate, equal, [Kāvyād. ii, 64]); to take or bring or help to (loc. or dat.; with āré, to remove), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; (Ā.) to direct or fix the mind or attention (cintām, manas, matim, samādhim &c.) upon, think of (loc. or dat.), fix or resolve upon (loc. dat. acc. with prati or a sentence closed with iti), [RV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.]; to destine for, bestow on, present or impart to (loc. dat. or gen.), [RV.]; [Br.]; [MBh.] &c. (Pass. to be given or granted, fall to one's [dat.] lot or share, [RV. i, 81, 3]); to appoint, establish, constitute, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; to render (with double acc.), [RV. vii, 31, 12]; [Bhartṛ. iii, 82]; to make, produce, generate, create, cause, effect, perform, execute, [RV.]; [TBr.]; [ŚvetUp.] &c. (aor. with pūrayām, mantrayām, varayām &c. = pūrayām &c. cakāra); to seize, take hold of, hold, bear, support, wear, put on (clothes), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.] &c.; (Ā.) to accept, obtain, conceive (esp. in the womb), get, take (with ókas or cánas, to take pleasure or delight in [loc. or dat.]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; to assume, have, possess, show, exhibit, incur, undergo, [RV.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Hit.] etc. : Caus. -dhāpayati, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 36] (see antar-dhā, śrad-dhā &c.) : Desid. dhítsati, °te ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54]), to wish to put in or lay on (loc.), [RV.]; [AitBr.] (Class. Pass. dhitsyate; dhitsya See s.v.); dídhiṣati, °te, to wish to give or present, [RV.]; (Ā.) to wish to gain, strive after (p. dídhiṣāṇa, [x, 114, 1]), [ib.] : with avadyám, to bid defiance, [ib.] [iv, 18, 7] (cf. didhiṣā́yya, didhiṣú) : Intens. dedhīyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66.] dhā : [cf. Zd. dā, dadaiti; Gk. θε-, θη-, τίθημι; Lith. dedù, dë́ti; Slav. dedją, děti; Old Sax. duan, dôn, Angl.Sax. dôn, Engl. to do; Germ. tuan; tuon, thun.] dhā : mfn. putting, placing, bestowing, holding, having, causing &c. (ifc.; cf. dha) dhā : m. placer, bestower, holder, supporter &c. dhā : N. of Brahmā or Bṛhas-pati, [L.] dhā : (ā), f. See 2. dha dhā : instr. (= nom.) perhaps in the suffix (which forms adverbs from numerals, e.g. eka-dhā́, dví-dhā &c.) 🔎 √dhā- 1 | rootSGAORACT2INJ |