Rig Veda 9.9.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 9, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.9

Devata: Soma (Pavamāna)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

परि प्रिया दिवः कविर्वयांसि नप्त्योर्हितः । सुवानो याति कविक्रतुः ॥

Transliteration

pári priyā́ diváḥ kavír vayā́ṃsi naptyór hitáḥ | suvānó yāti kavíkratúḥ ||

Translation

حولَ الأَشْكالِ الحَبيبَةِ في السَّماءِ يَسيرُ الكَفِيّ—مُثَبَّتًا في العالَمَيْنِ القَريبَيْنِ ذَوَي القُرْبى؛ وإِذْ يُعْصَرُ ويَنْبَثِقُ، يَمْضي، وإِرادَتُهُ قُوَّةُ إِلْهامِ الشَّاعِرِ.

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Word by Word

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (upasarga/avyaya)

• प्रिया: dear, beloved
• प्रिया: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (prātipadika)

• दिवः: of heaven, of the sky
• दिवः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (prātipadika ‘div’)

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

• वयांसि: birds (lit. ‘winged ones’)
• वयांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (prātipadika)

• नप्त्योः: of the two grandsons/descendants
• नप्त्योः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नप्त्य (prātipadika)

• हितः: placed, set, stationed
• हितः: Kartā (as predicate to the subject)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: धा (dhātu) → हित (PPP)

• सुवानः: being pressed/expressed (as Soma)
• सुवानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: सु (dhātu ‘to press/produce Soma’) → सुवान (pres. mid. ptcp.)

• याति: goes, moves
• याति: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (dhātu)

• कविक्रतुः: the one of seer-like will/insight (Soma)
• कविक्रतुः: Kartā (apposition to ‘कविः’)
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: कवि-क्रतु (compound prātipadika)