Rig Veda 9.9.8

Addressed to: Soma

Group: Tirasci and Other Poets

Text (Devanagari)

9.9.8

नू नव्य॑से॒ नवी॑यसे सू॒क्ताय॑ साधया प॒थः

प्र॒त्न॒वद्रो॑चया॒ रुचः॑

Text (Roman)

9.9.8

nū́ návyase návīyase

sūktā́ya sādhayā patháḥ

pratnavád rocayā rúcaḥ

Padapāṭha

9.9.8

invariable

from nú

nu : nú ind. (in [RV.] also nū́; esp. at the beginning of a verse, where often = nú + u), now, still, just, at once

nu : so now, now then, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Up.]

nu : indeed, certainly, surely, [RV.] &c. &c.

nu : cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 121], Sch. (often connected with other particles, esp. with negatives, e.g. nahí nú, ‘by no means’, nákir nú, ‘no one or nothing at all’, mā́ nú, ‘in order that surely not’; often also gha nu, ha nu, in nu, nu kam &c. [nū́ cit, either ‘for ever, evermore; at once, forthwith’ or ‘never, never more’; so also nū alone, [RV. vii, 100, 1]]; with relat. = -cunque or -soever; sometimes it lays stress upon a preceding word, esp. an interr. pronoun or particle, and is then often connected with khalu, [RV.] &c. &c.; it is also employed in questions, esp. in sentences of two or more clauses [cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 98], [Kāś.]] where is either always repeated [[Śak. vi, 9]] or omitted in the first place [[ib.] [i, 8]] or in the second place and further replaced by svid, yadi vā &c., and strengthened by vā, atha vā &c.)

nu : [cf. 1. náva, nū́tana, nūnám; Zd. nū; Gk. νύ, νῦν; Lat. nun-c; Germ. nu, nun; Angl.Sax. nu, nū; Eng. now.]

nu : m. a weapon, [L.]

nu : time, [L.]

nu : cl. 1. Ā. navate (nauti with apa), to go, [Naigh. ii, 14] : Caus. nāvayati, to move from the place, remove, [ṢaḍvBr.]

nu : or nū cl. 2. 6. P. ([Dhāt. xxiv, 26]; [xxviii, 104]) nauti, nuvati, (pres. also návate, °ti, [RV.] &c.; p. P. nuvát, návat, Ā. návamāna, [RV.]; pf. nunāva, [Kāv.]; aor. ánūnot, ánūṣi, °ṣata, anaviṣṭa, [RV.]; anauṣit, anāvit, anuvīt Gr.; fut. naviṣyati, nuv°; navitā, nuv°, [ib.]; ind.p. -nutya, -nāvam, [Br.]; inf. navitum v.l. nuv°, [Bhaṭṭ.]), to sound, shout, exult; praise, commend, [RV.] &c. &c.: Pass. nūyate, [MBh.] &c.: Caus. nāvayati aor. anūnavat Gr.: Desid. nunūṣati, [ib.]; Desid. of Caus. nunāvayiṣati, [ib.] : Intens. nónavīti, nonumas (impf. anonavur, Subj. návīnot; pf. nónāva, nonuvur, [RV.]; nonūyate, nonoti Gr.), to sound loudly, roar, thunder, [RV.]

nu : m. praise, eulogium, [L.]

nu : Caus. nāvayati, to cause to be drawn into the nose, [Car.] (cf. 3. nava).

nu : (ifc.) = nau, a ship, [BhP.]

🔎 nú +

| navyase | navīyase | suuktāya | sādhaya

rootSGPRSACT2IMPsecondary conjugation:CAUS

from √sādh- ~ sidh-

sādhaya : Nom. P. °yati (fr. sādhu = bāḍha; cf. sādhiṣṭha, sādhīyas), to make hard or firm, [Vop.] (see also Caus. of √ sādh).

sādhaya : See p. 1201, col. 2, and √ sādh, p. 1200 col. 3.

sādh : (connected with √ 2. sidh) cl. 1. P. Ā. sā́dati, °te; accord. to [Dhātup. xxvi, 71] and [xxvii, 16], cl. 4. sādhyati, cl. 5. sādhnoti (in [JaimBr.] also sadhnoti; pf. sasādha; aor. asātsīt; fut. sāddhā, sātsyati; inf. sāddhum, in later language sādhitum; Ved. inf. sádhase, q.v.), to go straight to any goal or aim, attain an object, to be successful, succeed, prosper, [RV.]; to bring straight to an object or end, further, promote, advance, accomplish, complete, finish, [ib.]; to submit or agree to, obey, [ib.]; (sādhyati) to be completed or accomplished, [Dhātup.] : Caus. sādhayati (mc. also °te; aor. asīṣadhat; Ved. also sīṣadhati, °dhaḥ, °dhema, °dhātu; Pass. sādhyate, [MBh.] &c.), to straighten, make straight (a path), [RV.]; to guide straight or well, direct or bring to a goal, [ib.]; to master, subdue, overpower, conquer, win, win over, [RV.] &c. &c.; to summon, conjure up (a god or spirit), [Kathās.]; (in law) to enforce payment, recover (a debt), collect (taxes), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] &c.; to subdue a disease, set right, heal, cure, [Suśr.]; to bring to an end or conclusion, complete, make perfect, bring about, accomplish, effect, fulfil, execute, practice (with vākyam, ‘to execute any one's [gen.] order’; with naiṣkarmyam, ‘to practise inactivity’; with marum, ‘to practise abstinence’; with mantram, ‘to practise the recitation of spells’), [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to attain one's object, be successful, [MBh. iii, 1441]; to produce, make, render (two acc.), [Śak.]; [BhP.]; to establish a truth, substantiate, prove, demonstrate, [Tattvas.]; [Sarvad.]; to make ready, prepare, [MBh.]; to gain, obtain, acquire, procure, [ŚBr.] &c.; to find out (by calculation), [Gaṇit.]; to grant, bestow, yield, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to put or place in (loc.), [BhP.] ; to set out, proceed, go (in dram. accord. to [Sāh.] = √ gam), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Desid. of Caus. siṣādhayiṣati or sisādhayiṣati, to desire to establish or prove, [Sāh.]; [Sarvad.] : Desid. siṣātsati Gr.: Intens., sāsādhyate, sāsdidhi, [ib.]

sādh : (ifc.) accomplishing, performing (see yajña-sā́dh).

🔎 sādhaya + 🔎 √sādh- ~ sidh-

| pathaḥ | pratnavat | rocaya | rucaḥ

Monier-Williams dictionary from Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon

English Translation by Griffith

9.9.8

Make the paths ready for a hymn newer and newer evermore: Make the lights shine as erst they shone.

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Grammatical analysis

Source index	Surface	Lemma	Information
9.9.8	nú + nu : nú ind. (in [RV.] also nū́; esp. at the beginning of a verse, where often = nú + u), now, still, just, at once nu : so now, now then, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Up.] nu : indeed, certainly, surely, [RV.] &c. &c. nu : cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 121], Sch. (often connected with other particles, esp. with negatives, e.g. nahí nú, ‘by no means’, nákir nú, ‘no one or nothing at all’, mā́ nú, ‘in order that surely not’; often also gha nu, ha nu, in nu, nu kam &c. [nū́ cit, either ‘for ever, evermore; at once, forthwith’ or ‘never, never more’; so also nū alone, [RV. vii, 100, 1]]; with relat. = -cunque or -soever; sometimes it lays stress upon a preceding word, esp. an interr. pronoun or particle, and is then often connected with khalu, [RV.] &c. &c.; it is also employed in questions, esp. in sentences of two or more clauses [cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 98], [Kāś.]] where is either always repeated [[Śak. vi, 9]] or omitted in the first place [[ib.] [i, 8]] or in the second place and further replaced by svid, yadi vā &c., and strengthened by vā, atha vā &c.) nu : [cf. 1. náva, nū́tana, nūnám; Zd. nū; Gk. νύ, νῦν; Lat. nun-c; Germ. nu, nun; Angl.Sax. nu, nū; Eng. now.] nu : m. a weapon, [L.] nu : time, [L.] nu : cl. 1. Ā. navate (nauti with apa), to go, [Naigh. ii, 14] : Caus. nāvayati, to move from the place, remove, [ṢaḍvBr.] nu : or nū cl. 2. 6. P. ([Dhāt. xxiv, 26]; [xxviii, 104]) nauti, nuvati, (pres. also návate, °ti, [RV.] &c.; p. P. nuvát, návat, Ā. návamāna, [RV.]; pf. nunāva, [Kāv.]; aor. ánūnot, ánūṣi, °ṣata, anaviṣṭa, [RV.]; anauṣit, anāvit, anuvīt Gr.; fut. naviṣyati, nuv°; navitā, nuv°, [ib.]; ind.p. -nutya, -nāvam, [Br.]; inf. navitum v.l. nuv°, [Bhaṭṭ.]), to sound, shout, exult; praise, commend, [RV.] &c. &c.: Pass. nūyate, [MBh.] &c.: Caus. nāvayati aor. anūnavat Gr.: Desid. nunūṣati, [ib.]; Desid. of Caus. nunāvayiṣati, [ib.] : Intens. nónavīti, nonumas (impf. anonavur, Subj. návīnot; pf. nónāva, nonuvur, [RV.]; nonūyate, nonoti Gr.), to sound loudly, roar, thunder, [RV.] nu : m. praise, eulogium, [L.] nu : Caus. nāvayati, to cause to be drawn into the nose, [Car.] (cf. 3. nava). nu : (ifc.) = nau, a ship, [BhP.] 🔎 nú +	nú nu : nú ind. (in [RV.] also nū́; esp. at the beginning of a verse, where often = nú + u), now, still, just, at once nu : so now, now then, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Up.] nu : indeed, certainly, surely, [RV.] &c. &c. nu : cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 121], Sch. (often connected with other particles, esp. with negatives, e.g. nahí nú, ‘by no means’, nákir nú, ‘no one or nothing at all’, mā́ nú, ‘in order that surely not’; often also gha nu, ha nu, in nu, nu kam &c. [nū́ cit, either ‘for ever, evermore; at once, forthwith’ or ‘never, never more’; so also nū alone, [RV. vii, 100, 1]]; with relat. = -cunque or -soever; sometimes it lays stress upon a preceding word, esp. an interr. pronoun or particle, and is then often connected with khalu, [RV.] &c. &c.; it is also employed in questions, esp. in sentences of two or more clauses [cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 98], [Kāś.]] where is either always repeated [[Śak. vi, 9]] or omitted in the first place [[ib.] [i, 8]] or in the second place and further replaced by svid, yadi vā &c., and strengthened by vā, atha vā &c.) nu : [cf. 1. náva, nū́tana, nūnám; Zd. nū; Gk. νύ, νῦν; Lat. nun-c; Germ. nu, nun; Angl.Sax. nu, nū; Eng. now.] nu : m. a weapon, [L.] nu : time, [L.] nu : cl. 1. Ā. navate (nauti with apa), to go, [Naigh. ii, 14] : Caus. nāvayati, to move from the place, remove, [ṢaḍvBr.] nu : or nū cl. 2. 6. P. ([Dhāt. xxiv, 26]; [xxviii, 104]) nauti, nuvati, (pres. also návate, °ti, [RV.] &c.; p. P. nuvát, návat, Ā. návamāna, [RV.]; pf. nunāva, [Kāv.]; aor. ánūnot, ánūṣi, °ṣata, anaviṣṭa, [RV.]; anauṣit, anāvit, anuvīt Gr.; fut. naviṣyati, nuv°; navitā, nuv°, [ib.]; ind.p. -nutya, -nāvam, [Br.]; inf. navitum v.l. nuv°, [Bhaṭṭ.]), to sound, shout, exult; praise, commend, [RV.] &c. &c.: Pass. nūyate, [MBh.] &c.: Caus. nāvayati aor. anūnavat Gr.: Desid. nunūṣati, [ib.]; Desid. of Caus. nunāvayiṣati, [ib.] : Intens. nónavīti, nonumas (impf. anonavur, Subj. návīnot; pf. nónāva, nonuvur, [RV.]; nonūyate, nonoti Gr.), to sound loudly, roar, thunder, [RV.] nu : m. praise, eulogium, [L.] nu : Caus. nāvayati, to cause to be drawn into the nose, [Car.] (cf. 3. nava). nu : (ifc.) = nau, a ship, [BhP.] 🔎 nú	invariable
9.9.8	návyase navyase : návyase ind. recently, lately; anew, [ib.] 🔎 návyase	návyas- navyas : návyas mfn. = návīyas, [RV.] (gen. pl. °sīnām for °sām, [v, 53, 10]; [58, 1]) navyas : návyas ind. recently, lately; anew, [ib.] 🔎 návyas-	nominal stemSGNDATdegree:CMP
9.9.8	návīyase 🔎 návīyase	návīyaṃs- 🔎 návīyaṃs-	nominal stemSGNDATdegree:CMP
9.9.8	sūktā́ya 🔎 sūktā́ya	sūktá- sūkta : sūktá mfn. (5. su + ukta) well or properly said or recited, [RV.] &c. &c. sūkta : speaking well, eloquent, [MatsyaP.] sūkta : sūktá (ám), n. good recitation or speech, wise saying, song of praise, [RV.] &c. &c. sūkta : a Vedic hymn (as distinguished from a Ṛc or single verse of a hymn), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.] 🔎 sūktá-	nominal stemSGNDAT
9.9.8	sādhaya + sādhaya : Nom. P. °yati (fr. sādhu = bāḍha; cf. sādhiṣṭha, sādhīyas), to make hard or firm, [Vop.] (see also Caus. of √ sādh). sādhaya : See p. 1201, col. 2, and √ sādh, p. 1200 col. 3. 🔎 sādhaya +	√sādh- ~ sidh- sādh : (connected with √ 2. sidh) cl. 1. P. Ā. sā́dati, °te; accord. to [Dhātup. xxvi, 71] and [xxvii, 16], cl. 4. sādhyati, cl. 5. sādhnoti (in [JaimBr.] also sadhnoti; pf. sasādha; aor. asātsīt; fut. sāddhā, sātsyati; inf. sāddhum, in later language sādhitum; Ved. inf. sádhase, q.v.), to go straight to any goal or aim, attain an object, to be successful, succeed, prosper, [RV.]; to bring straight to an object or end, further, promote, advance, accomplish, complete, finish, [ib.]; to submit or agree to, obey, [ib.]; (sādhyati) to be completed or accomplished, [Dhātup.] : Caus. sādhayati (mc. also °te; aor. asīṣadhat; Ved. also sīṣadhati, °dhaḥ, °dhema, °dhātu; Pass. sādhyate, [MBh.] &c.), to straighten, make straight (a path), [RV.]; to guide straight or well, direct or bring to a goal, [ib.]; to master, subdue, overpower, conquer, win, win over, [RV.] &c. &c.; to summon, conjure up (a god or spirit), [Kathās.]; (in law) to enforce payment, recover (a debt), collect (taxes), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] &c.; to subdue a disease, set right, heal, cure, [Suśr.]; to bring to an end or conclusion, complete, make perfect, bring about, accomplish, effect, fulfil, execute, practice (with vākyam, ‘to execute any one's [gen.] order’; with naiṣkarmyam, ‘to practise inactivity’; with marum, ‘to practise abstinence’; with mantram, ‘to practise the recitation of spells’), [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to attain one's object, be successful, [MBh. iii, 1441]; to produce, make, render (two acc.), [Śak.]; [BhP.]; to establish a truth, substantiate, prove, demonstrate, [Tattvas.]; [Sarvad.]; to make ready, prepare, [MBh.]; to gain, obtain, acquire, procure, [ŚBr.] &c.; to find out (by calculation), [Gaṇit.]; to grant, bestow, yield, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to put or place in (loc.), [BhP.] ; to set out, proceed, go (in dram. accord. to [Sāh.] = √ gam), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Desid. of Caus. siṣādhayiṣati or sisādhayiṣati, to desire to establish or prove, [Sāh.]; [Sarvad.] : Desid. siṣātsati Gr.: Intens., sāsādhyate, sāsdidhi, [ib.] sādh : (ifc.) accomplishing, performing (see yajña-sā́dh). 🔎 √sādh- ~ sidh-	rootSGPRSACT2IMPsecondary conjugation:CAUS
9.9.8	patháḥ 🔎 patháḥ	pánthā- ~ path- 🔎 pánthā- ~ path-	nominal stemPLMACC
9.9.8	pratnavát pratnavat : pratna-vát ind., id., [ib.] pratnavat : pratná-vat mfn. containing the word pratna, [ŚBr.] 🔎 pratnavát	pratnavát pratnavat : pratna-vát ind., id., [ib.] pratnavat : pratná-vat mfn. containing the word pratna, [ŚBr.] 🔎 pratnavát	invariable
9.9.8	rocaya + 🔎 rocaya +	√ruc- ruc : cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xviii, 5]) rocate (Ved. and ep. also °ti; pf. ruroca, rurucé, [RV.] &c. &c.; Subj. rurucanta Pot. rurucyās, [RV.]; p. rurukvás, rurucāná, [ib.]; aor. arucat, [Rājat.]; arociṣṭa, [Br.] &c.; arukta, [TĀr.]; p. rucāná, [RV.]; aor. Pass. aroci, [RV.]; Prec. rucīya, [TĀr.]; rociṣīya, [Br.]; ruciṣīya, [AV.]; fut. rocitā Gr.; rociṣyate, [MBh.]; inf. rocitum, [ib.]; rucé, [RV.]; ind.p. rucitvā or rocitvā, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 26]), to shine, be bright or radiant or resplendent, [RV.] &c. &c.; (only in pf. P.) to make bright or resplendent, [RV.]; to be splendid or beautiful or good, [AV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be agreeable to, please (dat. or gen.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be pleased with, like (acc.), [MBh.]; [R.]; to be desirous of, long for (dat.), [Hariv.] : Caus. rocáyati, °te (aor. árūrucat, °cata; Pass. rocyate), to cause to shine, [RV.]; to enlighten, illuminate, make bright, [ib.]; [ŚBr.]; [BhP.]; to make pleasant or beautiful, [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [Kum.] ; to cause any one (acc.) to long for anything (dat.), [Gīt.]; to find pleasure in, like, approve, deem anything right (acc. or inf.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to choose as (double acc.), [R.]; to purpose, intend, [Hariv.]; (Pass.) to be pleasant or agreeable to (dat.), [R.] : Desid. ruruciṣate or rurociṣate Gr.: Intens. (only p. rórucāna) to shine bright, [RV.] ruc : [cf. Gk. λευκός, ἀμϕιλύκη; lux, luceo, luna, lumen; Goth. liuhath, lauhmuni; Germ. lioht, lieht, licht; Angl.Sax. leóht; Eng. light.] ruc : rúc f. light, lustre, brightness, [RV.] &c. &c. ruc : splendour, beauty, loveliness, [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. ruc : colour, hue, [VarBṛS.]; [Kālid.]; [BhP.] ruc : (ifc.) appearance, resemblance, [BhP.]; [Kāvyād.] ruc : pleasure, delight, liking, wish, desire, [VS.]; [MBh.] ruc : pl. N. of a partic. class of Apsarasas, [VP.] 🔎 √ruc-	rootSGPRSACT2IMPsecondary conjugation:CAUS
9.9.8	rúcaḥ 🔎 rúcaḥ	rúc- ruc : cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xviii, 5]) rocate (Ved. and ep. also °ti; pf. ruroca, rurucé, [RV.] &c. &c.; Subj. rurucanta Pot. rurucyās, [RV.]; p. rurukvás, rurucāná, [ib.]; aor. arucat, [Rājat.]; arociṣṭa, [Br.] &c.; arukta, [TĀr.]; p. rucāná, [RV.]; aor. Pass. aroci, [RV.]; Prec. rucīya, [TĀr.]; rociṣīya, [Br.]; ruciṣīya, [AV.]; fut. rocitā Gr.; rociṣyate, [MBh.]; inf. rocitum, [ib.]; rucé, [RV.]; ind.p. rucitvā or rocitvā, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 26]), to shine, be bright or radiant or resplendent, [RV.] &c. &c.; (only in pf. P.) to make bright or resplendent, [RV.]; to be splendid or beautiful or good, [AV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be agreeable to, please (dat. or gen.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be pleased with, like (acc.), [MBh.]; [R.]; to be desirous of, long for (dat.), [Hariv.] : Caus. rocáyati, °te (aor. árūrucat, °cata; Pass. rocyate), to cause to shine, [RV.]; to enlighten, illuminate, make bright, [ib.]; [ŚBr.]; [BhP.]; to make pleasant or beautiful, [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [Kum.] ; to cause any one (acc.) to long for anything (dat.), [Gīt.]; to find pleasure in, like, approve, deem anything right (acc. or inf.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to choose as (double acc.), [R.]; to purpose, intend, [Hariv.]; (Pass.) to be pleasant or agreeable to (dat.), [R.] : Desid. ruruciṣate or rurociṣate Gr.: Intens. (only p. rórucāna) to shine bright, [RV.] ruc : [cf. Gk. λευκός, ἀμϕιλύκη; lux, luceo, luna, lumen; Goth. liuhath, lauhmuni; Germ. lioht, lieht, licht; Angl.Sax. leóht; Eng. light.] ruc : rúc f. light, lustre, brightness, [RV.] &c. &c. ruc : splendour, beauty, loveliness, [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. ruc : colour, hue, [VarBṛS.]; [Kālid.]; [BhP.] ruc : (ifc.) appearance, resemblance, [BhP.]; [Kāvyād.] ruc : pleasure, delight, liking, wish, desire, [VS.]; [MBh.] ruc : pl. N. of a partic. class of Apsarasas, [VP.] 🔎 rúc-	nominal stemPLFACC

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