Rig Veda 9.67.21: Mandala 9, Sukta 67, Mantra 21

Sukta 9.67

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यदन्ति यच्च दूरके भयं विन्दति मामिह । पवमान वि तज्जहि ॥

Transliteration

yád ánti yác ca dūraké bhayáṃ víndati mā́m ihá | pávamāna ví tát jahi ||

Translation

أيُّ خوفٍ يجدني هنا—قريبًا كان أو بعيدًا—يا بَفامانا، فاضربْه وامحُه؛ ولْيُطهِّرِ التيارُ المُنقّى الكيانَ من الرَّهبة.

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• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: कर्म (of ‘जहि’—‘destroy that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अन्ति: near, close by
• अन्ति: अधिकारण (locative sense: ‘near’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्ति (avyaya; from prātipadika ‘अन्त’ ‘near’)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: कर्म (of ‘जहि’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दूरके: in the distance, far away
• दूरके: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूरक (prātipadika; ‘far place/distance’)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: कर्म (object of ‘विन्दति’ / also target of ‘जहि’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (prātipadika)

• विन्दति: finds/obtains
• विन्दति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विन्दति) ‘to find, obtain’

• माम्: me
• माम्: कर्म (object of ‘विन्दति’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• पवमान: O Pavamāna (purifying Soma)
• पवमान: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: पवमान (prātipadika; pres. mid. participle of √पू ‘to purify’, used as epithet of Soma)

• वि: apart, away; completely
• वि: क्रियाविशेषण (intensifies/separates action)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: वि

• तत्: that (i.e., that fear/evil)
• तत्: कर्म (object of ‘जहि’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• जहि: strike down, destroy
• जहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् ‘to strike, slay’