Rig Veda 9.102.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 102, Mantra 7
Sukta 9.102
Rishi: Soma Pavamāna corpus; precise attribution requires Anukramaṇī confirmation.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with emphasis on the Mothers/Waters as supporting powers).
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī; verify by metrical count.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
समीचीने अभि त्मना यह्वी ऋतस्य मातरा । तन्वाना यज्ञमानुषग्यदञ्जते ॥
Transliteration
samīcīné abhí tmanā yahvī́ r̥tásya mā́tarā | tanvā́nā yajñám ānuṣág yád añjaté ||
Translation
Die zwei mächtigen Mütter der Wahrheit (ṛtá), einander zugewandt, schreiten aus eigener Kraft; das Opfer im menschlichen Gang ausbreitend, salben, bereiten sie es für jenes (göttliche Wirken).
Word by Word
समीचीनॆfacing together, converging
समीचीनॆ:
विशेषणम् (कर्तृपद-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमीचीन (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-√अञ्च/अच् ‘to go/turn’ > ‘turned/going together, facing’)
अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
उपसर्ग/दिशासूचक (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्मनाby oneself, with one’s own power
त्मना:
करणम् (स्वशक्त्या/स्वयम्)
TypeNoun
Rootत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक ‘self, own person/power’)
यह्वीswift/strong (fem. dual)
यह्वी:
विशेषणम् (कर्तृपद-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootयह्वी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘swift/strong, impetuous’)
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक ‘cosmic order, truth’)
मातरौthe two mothers
मातरौ:
कर्तृ (स्त्री-द्विवचन कर्तृपदम्)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक ‘mother’)
तन्वानाspreading/expanding
तन्वाना:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (क्रियाविशेषणात्मकः)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√तन् (तनु) ‘to stretch, extend, weave’
यज्ञम्the sacrifice
यज्ञम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक ‘sacrifice, rite’)
अनुषक्in succession, continuously
अनुषक्:
क्रियाविशेषणम्
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनुषक् (अव्यय; ‘in due order, successively, along’)
यत्which/that
यत्:
कर्म-सम्बन्ध/अन्वयसूचक
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अञ्जतेthey anoint/adorn
अञ्जते:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: मातरौ)
TypeVerb
Root√अञ्ज् ‘to anoint, smear; (also) to adorn’
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