Rig Veda 9.62.28: Mandala 9, Sukta 62, Mantra 28

Sukta 9.62

Rishi: Jamadagni

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ते दिवो न वृष्टयो धारा यन्त्यसश्चतः । अभि शुक्रामुपस्तिरम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.62.28

Transliteration

prá te divó ná vṛṣṭáyo dhā́rā yanty asaścátaḥ | abhí śukrā́m upa-stíram ||

Translation

Vorwärts ziehen deine Ströme, wie die Regen des Himmels, unaufhörlich — hin zur lichten Grundlage, zum glänzenden Sitz im Innern.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• ते: to/for you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd pers. pronoun)

• दिवः: from heaven
• दिवः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौः (prātipadika: दिव्/द्यौ)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वृष्टयः: rains, showers
• वृष्टयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि-

• धाराः: streams, torrents
• धाराः: Kartā (apposition to वृष्टयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा-

• यन्ति: go, flow
• यन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• असश्चतः: not clinging; unobstructed, unceasing
• असश्चतः: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: सच् (धातु) + a- (neg.)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (upasarga)

• शुक्राम्: the bright (one); shining
• शुक्राम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शुक्रा-

• उपस्तिरम्: covering, layer, spread (bed/covering)
• उपस्तिरम्: Karma (in apposition/object with शुक्राम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्तिर-