Rig Veda 4.58.9: Mandala 4, Sukta 58, Mantra 9
Sukta 4.58
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Soma-yajña complex (Soma with ghṛta-currents oriented to ‘Tat’)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कन्या इव वहतुमेतवा उ अञ्ज्यञ्जाना अभि चाकशीमि । यत्र सोमः सूयते यत्र यज्ञो घृतस्य धारा अभि तत्पवन्ते ॥
Transliteration
kanyā́ iva vahatúm etávā u áñjy-añjānā abhí cākaśīmi | yátra sómaḥ sūyáte yátra yajñó ghṛtásya dhā́rā abhí tát pavante ||
Translation
Wie Mädchen, die zum Brautzug gehen, sich salbend, so schaue ich auf sie, wie sie sich bewegen. Wo Soma gepresst wird, wo das Yajña gegründet ist, dorthin strömen die Ghṛta-Ströme — zu Jenem.
Word by Word
कन्याः(like) maidens/young girls
कन्याः:
उपमान (क्रियाविशेषण-तुलना) / कर्तृसमान
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
तुलनासूचक
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
वहतुम्the bridal procession; the bridegroom (as ‘the one to be led to’)
वहतुम्:
कर्म (गमन/प्रवृत्तेः लक्ष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवहतु (प्रातिपदिक; √वह् ‘to carry/lead’ से)
एतवाःgoing, coming forth
एतवाः:
कर्तृ (अञ्ज्यञ्जानाः का विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootएतृ/एतव (प्रातिपदिक; √इ ‘to go’ से, ‘going/coming’)
उindeed, just
उ:
भावप्रदर्शक/अन्वय-बल
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ
अञ्जिwith ointment, with unguent
अञ्जि:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअञ्जि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ointment/unguent’)
अञ्जानाःanointing (themselves/each other)
अञ्जानाः:
कर्तृ (एतवाः… अञ्जानाः)
TypeVerb
Root√अञ्ज् (अञ्जने) → अञ्जान (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
दिशा/अभिमुख्य
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि
चाकशीमिI look toward / I behold
चाकशीमि:
कर्तृ (अहम्)
TypeVerb
Root√काश्/√कश् (दीप्तौ/दर्शने; वैदिक ‘to appear/shine, to look’)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
अधिकरण (स्थान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
कर्तृ (सूयते)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
सूयतेis pressed/produced
सूयते:
कर्मणि/भावे (मध्यस्थ-प्रयोग; ‘is pressed/produced’)
TypeVerb
Root√सू (सवने/प्रसवे; ‘to press/produce’)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
अधिकरण (स्थान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
यज्ञःthe sacrifice
यज्ञः:
कर्तृ/अधिकरण-संबद्ध (अस्ति-लोपे ‘where the sacrifice (is)’)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
घृतस्यof ghee, of clarified butter
घृतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (धाराः का)
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (प्रातिपदिक)
धाराःstreams, flows
धाराः:
कर्तृ (पवन्ते)
TypeNoun
Rootधारा (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards, over
अभि:
अभिमुख्य/व्याप्ति
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि
तत्that (place/goal)
तत्:
कर्म (अभि… पवन्ते)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पवन्तेthey flow/purify (themselves), they stream
पवन्ते:
कर्तृ (धाराः)
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पवने/शोधने; ‘to purify, to flow’)
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