Rig Veda 9.15.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 15, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.15

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Soma in the act of purification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एष पुरू धियायते बृहते देवतातये । यत्रामृतास आसते ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.15.2

Transliteration

eṣá purū́ dhíyāyate bṛhaté devátātaye | yátrāmṛ́tāsa āsáte ||

Translation

هذا السوما يمضي بكثيرٍ من يقظاتِ «دِهي» (الفكر المستنير)، نحو السَّعة العظمى ونحو الامتلاء الإلهي—حيثُ تجلسُ القوى الخالدةُ في داخلنا.

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Word by Word

• एषः: this (one), he
• एषः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-

• पुरू: much, many
• पुरू: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (indeclinable in Vedic usage here)
• Root: पुरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• धियायते: he/it thinks, is inspired, is set in motion by thought
• धियायते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धी (धातु; ‘to think/meditate’) → denominative/ātmanepada formation

• बृहते: for the great (one)
• बृहते: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवतायतये: for divinity, for (attaining) godhood
• देवतायतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (abstract)
• Root: देवतायतु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘divinity/being divine, divine state’)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)

• अमृतासः: the immortals
• अमृतासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• आसते: they sit, abide
• आसते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु; ‘to sit’)