Rig Veda 9.20.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 20, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.20

Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seer tradition (RV 9).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र कविर्देववीतयेऽव्यो वारेभिरर्षति । साह्वान्विश्वा अभि स्पृधः ॥

Transliteration

prá kavír devávītaye ’vyó vā́rebhir arṣati | sā́hvān víśvā abhí spṛ́dhaḥ ||

Translation

يتدفّق الرائي قُدُماً لِمَتاعِ الآلهة—سوما، المُصفّى بصوفِ النعجة، يندفع بأصفى الجداول—قاهراً كلَّ مقاومةٍ تعترض.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• कविः: the seer/poet (Soma)
• कविः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (prātipadika)

• देववीतये: for the winning/attainment of the gods; for divine enjoyment
• देववीतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: देववीति (prātipadika; deva+vīti)

• अव्यः: the sheep’s (wool-)filter; the woollen strainer
• अव्यः: Kartā (apposition to कविः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अव्य (prātipadika)

• वारेभिः: with streams/waters (filtering currents)
• वारेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार (prātipadika)

• अर्षति: flows, rushes
• अर्षति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋष् (धातु) / √arṣ (to flow, rush)

• साह्वान्: the overpowering/conquering one
• साह्वान्: Kartā (apposition to कविः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: साह्वन् (prātipadika; from √सह्/√साह् ‘to overcome’)

• विश्वाः: all
• विश्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (prātipadika)

• अभि: towards, against
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (upasarga)

• स्पृधः: rivalries, contests, hostilities
• स्पृधः: Karma (in apposition with विश्वाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पृध् (prātipadika)