Rig Veda 9.92.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 92, Mantra 3

Sukta 9.92

Rishi: Rebha Kāśyapa (traditional for RV 9.92; verify in Anukramaṇī/critical edition)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; confirm metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र सुमेधा गातुविद्विश्वदेवः सोमः पुनानः सद एति नित्यम् । भुवद्विश्वेषु काव्येषु रन्तानु जनान्यतते पञ्च धीरः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.92.3

Transliteration

prá su-medhā́ gātu-víd viśvá-devaḥ sómaḥ punānáḥ sáda etí nítyam | bhúvad víśveṣu kā́vyeṣu rántā́nu jánān yatate páñca dhī́raḥ ||

Translation

يتقدّم سوما، ذو الفطنة الحسنة، العارف بالمسلك، المنسوب إلى جميع الآلهة؛ وهو يتطهّر يأتي دائمًا إلى المجلس المقدّس. وإذ يصير مُتذوِّقًا في كلّ الأعمال المُلهَمة (kāvya)، فإنّ الثابت يبسط نفسه في الشعوب على نحوٍ خماسيّ من الفعل الحكيم.

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Word by Word

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

• सु॑मे॒धा: good-minded, wise
• सु॑मे॒धा: Kartā (qualifier of सोमः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-मेधा (prātipadika)

• गा॑तु॒विद्: knower of paths/ways
• गा॑तु॒विद्: Kartā (qualifier of सोमः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गातु-विद् (prātipadika; vid ‘to know’)

• वि॒श्वदे॑वः: belonging to/allied with all the gods
• वि॒श्वदे॑वः: Kartā (qualifier of सोमः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व-देव (prātipadika)

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• पुना॒नः: purifying himself / being purified
• पुना॒नः: Kartā (apposition to सोमः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √पू (पुनाति) / punāna- (present middle participle)

• सदः: seat, session, assembly
• सदः: Karma (goal of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस् (prātipadika)

• एति: goes
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (एति)

• नित्यम्: always, continually
• नित्यम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial accusative)
• Root: नित्य (prātipadika used adverbially)

• भुवत्: being; as it were / in being
• भुवत्: —
• Type: Participle
• Root: भुवत् (present participial stem of √भू ‘to be’)

• विश्वेषु: in all
• विश्वेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व (prātipadika)

• काव्येषु: in poetic/ritual compositions; in inspired works
• काव्येषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: काव्य (prātipadika)

• रन्ता: delighter, one who gives joy
• रन्ता: Kartā (apposition to सोमः)
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: √रम् (रमते) → रन्तृ/रन्ता (agent-noun, Vedic)

• अनु: along, after
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (upasarga)

• जनानि: peoples, generations
• जनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (prātipadika)

• अतते: stretches out, extends, pervades
• अतते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तन् (तनुते/तनोति) with preverb आ- (Vedic: atate)

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: —
• Type: Indeclinable (numeral)
• Root: पञ्च (numeral)

• धीरः: the inspired/wise one
• धीरः: Kartā (apposition to सोमः)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: धीरा (prātipadika)