Rig Veda 9.15.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 15, Mantra 5
Sukta 9.15
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एष रुक्मिभिरीयते वाजी शुभ्रेभिरंशुभिः । पतिः सिन्धूनां भवन् ॥
Transliteration
eṣá rukmíbhir īyate vājī́ śubhrébhi raṃśúbhiḥ | pátiḥ síndhūnāṃ bhávan ||
Translation
Dieser Soma schreitet voran, geschmückt mit goldenem Glanz, ein vājín, der mit seinen hellen Strahlen die Fülle der Kraft trägt, und wird zum Herrn der Ströme, zum Meister der in uns fließenden Energien.
Word by Word
एषःthis (one), he
एषः:
Kartā
TypePronoun (Demonstrative)
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष
रुक्मिभिःwith the golden (ornaments), with the gold-adorned
रुक्मिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootरुक्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक; रुक्म ‘gold/ornament’ + -इन्)
ईयतेmoves, goes, is driven
ईयते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√इ (इण्) ‘to go, move’
वाजीthe racer, vigorous one
वाजी:
Kartā (एषः … वाजी) / Apposition
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक; वाज ‘strength/prize/food’ + -इन्)
शुभ्रेभिःwith bright, pure (ones)
शुभ्रेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अंशुभिःwith rays/streams (of Soma)
अंशुभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअंशु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ray, filament’; in Soma-hymns also ‘stalk/stream’)
पतिःlord, master
पतिः:
Kartā (भवन्) / Apposition
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
सिन्धूनाम्of the rivers/streams
सिन्धूनाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
भवन्becoming, being
भवन्:
Kartā (participial predicate of एषः/वाजी/पतिः)
TypeVerbal adjective (present participle)
Root√भू ‘to be, become’ (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
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