Rig Veda 9.108.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 108, Mantra 6
Sukta 9.108
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (purifying Soma as inner luminous force)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
य उस्रिया अप्या अन्तरश्मनो निर्गा अकृन्तदोजसा । अभि व्रजं तत्निषे गव्यमश्व्यं वर्मीव धृष्णवा रुज ॥
Transliteration
ya uśriyā́ apyā̀ antár aśmáno nír gā́ akṛṇtad ójasā | abhí vrajáṃ tatniṣe gavyám aśvyáṃ varmī́va dhṛṣṇavā́ ruja ||
Translation
هو الذي، بقوة بأسه، يشقّ ويُطلق الأشعةَ الخفيّةَ من النور، ويُخرج الأبقارَ الباطنةَ من داخل صخرةِ العائق؛ ويبسط حظيرةَ الامتلاء المضيئة—غنيةً بالنور وبالطاقات السريعة—وككبشِ اقتحامٍ جسورٍ يحطّم الغطاءَ المقاوم.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उ॒स्रिया॒ःthe ruddy ones; (often) cows / dawns
उ॒स्रिया॒ः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउ॒स्रिया॒ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘dawns/cows’)
अप्याःwatery; belonging to the waters
अप्याः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तःwithin, inside
अन्तः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तर् (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ)
अश्मनःof the stone/rock
अश्मनः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
निःout, forth
निः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनिस् (उपसर्ग)
गाःcows
गाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
अकृन्तत्he cut (out), he hewed
अकृन्तत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृत् (छेदने/कर्तने) धातुः
ओजसाwith strength, by might
ओजसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards, against
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
व्रजम्enclosure; cattle-pen
व्रजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्रज (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्निषेyou have pressed on / you have extended (yourself)
तत्निषे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootतन्/तॄ (तत्ने/तत्नीते इति; ‘to stretch/extend, to press on’—Vedic) धातुः
गव्यम्pertaining to cattle
गव्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootगव्य (प्रातिपदिक; गो-सम्बन्धि)
अश्व्यम्pertaining to horses
अश्व्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअश्व्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्व-सम्बन्धि)
वर्मीवlike an armoured one
वर्मीव:
Kartā (उपमान-रूपेण)
TypeNoun + Indeclinable
Rootवर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + इव (अव्यय)
धृष्णवाwith boldness; daringly
धृष्णवा:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootधृष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
रुजbreak! shatter!
रुज:
—
TypeVerb
Rootरुज् (भङ्गे/विदारणे) धातुः
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