Rig Veda 9.9.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 9, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.9
Devata: Soma (Pavamāna)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रप्र क्षयाय पन्यसे जनाय जुष्टो अद्रुहे । वीत्यर्ष चनिष्ठया ॥
Transliteration
práprá kṣáyāya pányase jánāya júṣṭo adrúhe | vītī́ arṣa cániṣṭhayā ||
Translation
অগ্রে অগ্রে প্রবাহিত হও—স্থায়ী নিবাসের জন্য, সেই জনের জন্য যে বিস্ময়-স্তবের যোগ্য; অদ্রুহ (অকপট) দ্বারা প্রিয়-গৃহীত। তোমার সর্বাধিক বিজয়ী স্রোতে যজ্ঞ-ভোজের দিকে ধাবিত হও।
Word by Word
प्रप्रforth, forward (intensifying: ‘right forth’)
प्रप्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र + प्र (उपसर्ग-द्वय) / प्र (अव्यय)
क्षयायfor (one’s) dwelling/abode
क्षयाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘dwelling, abode’)
पन्यसेto/for the admirable (one/thing)
पन्यसे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootपन्/पण्य (प्रातिपदिक ‘admirable, worthy of praise’)
जनायfor the people
जनाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक ‘people, man’)
जुष्टःpleased, gladly accepting
जुष्टः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootजुष् (धातु ‘to enjoy, be pleased’) → क्त (PPP) ‘जुष्ट’
अद्रुहेto/for the non-hostile (one), harmless
अद्रुहे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootद्रुह् (धातु ‘to harm, be hostile’) + अ- (निषेध) → ‘अद्रुह्’
वीत्यर्षflow forth / rush widely
वीत्यर्ष:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ऋष्/अर्ष् (धातु ‘to move/flow, rush’) + वि- (उपसर्ग)
चनिष्ठयाwith the most (pleasing) [power/quality]
चनिष्ठया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun (instrumental of a quality) / Adjective used substantively
Rootचनिष्ठा (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; ‘most pleasing/most desired’, superlative formation)
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