Rig Veda 1.38.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 38, Mantra 9
Sukta 1.38
Rishi: Ghoṣā Kāksīvatī (traditional)
Devata: Maruts (with Parjanya as allied rain-power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī (likely; confirmation needed)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
दिवा चित्तमः कृण्वन्ति पर्जन्येनोदवाहेन । यत्पृथिवीं व्युन्दन्ति ॥
Transliteration
divā́ cit támaḥ kṛṇvanti parjányenodavāhéna | yát pṛthivī́ṃ vyundánti ||
Translation
حتى في النهار يُحدِثون ظُلمةً، بدَفْقٍ حامِلٍ للمطر؛ فإذا أغرقوا الأرضَ ونقعوها، زعزعوا السطوحَ الراسخةَ لتُفتَحَ طبقاتُ الكينونةِ الأعمقُ للمياه.
Word by Word
दिवाby day / in daytime
दिवा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/दिव्- ‘day, heaven’; अव्ययीभावे/तृतीया-प्रयोग) अथवा ‘दिव्’ इति अव्यय
चित्तमःdarkness (gloom)
चित्तमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचित्तमस् (प्रातिपदिक: चित्त-तमस्; चित्त ‘perceived/brightened’ + तमस् ‘darkness’)
कृण्वन्तिthey make
कृण्वन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) ‘to make, do’
पर्जन्येनwith Parjanya / by the rain-cloud
पर्जन्येन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपर्जन्य (प्रातिपदिक) ‘Parjanya; rain-cloud’
उदवाहेनwith the outpouring / with the downpour
उदवाहेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउदवाह (प्रातिपदिक) ‘outflow, discharge; (rain-)pouring’ (उद्- + √वह ‘to carry’)
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पृथिवीम्the earth
पृथिवीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘earth’
व्युन्दन्तिthey wet / drench
व्युन्दन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootव्युद्/व्युन्द् (धातु; वि-उद्/व्युन्द् ‘to wet, moisten, soak; to drench’)
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