Rig Veda 9.63.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 63, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.63
Rishi: Pavamāna Soma hymns (traditional attribution varies)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एते असृग्रमाशवोऽति ह्वरांसि बभ्रवः । सोमा ऋतस्य धारया ॥
Transliteration
eté asṛgram āśávo ’ti hvárāṃsi babhrávaḥ | sómā ṛtásya dhāráyā ||
Translation
هؤلاء السُّوماواتُ السُّمرُ السِّراعُ اندفعوا متجاوزين كلَّ الاعوجاجات؛ إنهم يسيرون في سيلِ Ṛta، في مجرى نظامِ الحقّ.
Word by Word
एतेthese
एते:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun/Determiner
Rootएतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
असृग्रम्they have flowed/they streamed
असृग्रम्:
कर्तृ (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसृज् (धातु) → असृज् (aorist stem)
आशवःthe swift ones
आशवः:
कर्तृ (असृग्रम् इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootआशु (प्रातिपदिक)
अतिbeyond, over
अति:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्/उपसर्गार्थः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ह्वरांसिdeviations, crooked ways (faults)
ह्वरांसि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootह्वर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘crookedness, deviation’)
बभ्रवःthe brown/tawny ones
बभ्रवः:
कर्तृ (एते/आशवः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootबभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमाःSoma-drops
सोमाः:
कर्तृ (एते/आशवः/बभ्रवः इत्यस्य अपि)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
धारयाby/with the stream (flow)
धारया:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootधारा (प्रातिपदिक)
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