Rig Veda 9.93.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 93, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.93
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Hari/Indu)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
साकमुक्षो मर्जयन्त स्वसारो दश धीरस्य धीतयो धनुत्रीः । हरिः पर्यद्रवज्जाः सूर्यस्य द्रोणं ननक्षे अत्यो न वाजी ॥
Transliteration
sākám ukṣó marjayanta svásāro dáśa dhī́rasya dhītáyo dhánutrīḥ | hárīḥ páry adravat jā́ḥ sū́ryasya dróṇaṃ nanakṣe átyo na vājī́ ||
Translation
معًا تُلمِّعُ الأخواتُ الثورَ؛ عشرُ خواطرَ ثابتِ العزمِ، حاملةٌ للقِسيّ. الأشقرُ يَعْدو مُحيطًا—مولودًا من سُوريا—فيبلغُ المِعْلَفَ كجوادٍ سريع، حامِلَ قوّةِ الوفرة.
Word by Word
साकम्together, in company
साकम्:
Adhikaraṇa (सहभाव/समवाय-निर्देश) / क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाकम् (अव्यय) < साक (सह-अर्थे)
उक्षःthe bull (Soma as bull)
उक्षः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउक्षन् (प्रातिपदिक)
मर्जयन्तthey cleansed/purified
मर्जयन्त:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootमृज् (धातु) ‘to cleanse, polish’
स्वसारःthe sisters
स्वसारः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootस्वसृ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sister’
दशten
दश:
Viśeṣaṇa (स्वसारः इत्यस्य) / संख्या-निर्देश
TypeNumeral
Rootदशन्/दश (संख्या)
धीरस्यof the wise one
धीरस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun
Rootधीरा (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wise’
धीतयःinspirations, hymns
धीतयः:
Kartā (स्वसारः इत्यस्य अपि व्याख्या/समन्वयः) / apposition
TypeNoun
Rootधीति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘thought, hymn, inspiration’
धनुत्रीःthe धनुत्री-s (arching strainers/implements)
धनुत्रीः:
Karma
TypeNoun / Adjective
Rootधनुत्री (प्रातिपदिक) ‘bow-like/arching; (also) a kind of strainer/implement’
हरिःthe tawny one (Soma)
हरिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘tawny one; Soma/steed’
परिaround, forth, all about
परि:
(क्रियाविशेषण) —
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अद्रवत्ran, rushed
अद्रवत्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootद्रु (धातु) ‘to run’ (उपसर्ग: आ/अ- here as augment in लङ्)
जाःborn (one), offspring
जाः:
Kartā (हरिः इत्यस्य विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootजा (प्रातिपदिक) ‘born; offspring’
सूर्यस्यof the Sun
सूर्यस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
द्रोणम्the vat/trough
द्रोणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्रोण (प्रातिपदिक) ‘trough, vat, wooden vessel’
नlike, as
न:
(उपमान-निर्देश) —
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
ननक्षेhas reached/attained
ननक्षे:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु) ‘to reach, attain’
अत्यःa steed
अत्यः:
Kartā (उपमान-रूपेण) / simile-subject
TypeNoun
Rootअत्य (प्रातिपदिक) ‘steed, horse’
नlike
न:
(उपमान-निर्देश) —
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
वाजीa racer, swift one
वाजी:
Kartā (उपमान-रूपेण) / simile-apposition
TypeNoun / Adjective
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘prize-winning; swift; racer’
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