Rig Veda 9.64.29: Mandala 9, Sukta 64, Mantra 29
Sukta 9.64
Rishi: Ascribed to Soma Pavamāna seers (Mandala 9).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna.
Chandas: Likely Jagatī (not metrically verified from input).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
हिन्वानो हेतृभिर्यत आ वाजं वाज्यक्रमीत् । सीदन्तो वनुषो यथा ॥
Transliteration
hinvānáḥ hetṛ́bhir yatá ā́ vā́jaṃ vājí akramīt | sīdánto vanúṣo yáthā ||
Translation
Von den Antreibern angetrieben, schreitet er voran und tritt hin zum Vāja — zur Fülle von Kraft und Sieg; sich setzend wie Suchende an ihrem Ziel, nehmen die Soma-Ströme innen ihren rechten Sitz ein.
Word by Word
हिन्वानःimpelling, urging on
हिन्वानः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb-derived adjective (participle)
Root√ह्नु/√ह्वि (हिन्व् ‘प्रेरणे/चोदने’)
हेतृभिःwith/through the impellers (drivers)
हेतृभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootहेतृ (प्रातिपदिक; from √हि/√हन् in sense ‘to impel/drive’, agent-noun) अथवा ‘हेतु’ family
यतःfrom where, whence
यतः:
अपादान
TypeIndeclinable (relative adverb)
Rootयतः (यद्-प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम; अव्ययीभाव ‘from which/whence’)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypePreverb/indeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
वाजम्prize; strength; (victory-)booty
वाजम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
वाज्यक्रमीत्(he) strode/advanced as prize-winning (one)
वाज्यक्रमीत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√क्रम् (क्रम् ‘गत्यर्थे’), with वाज्य- (वाजिन्/वाज्य ‘prize-winning, swift’) as preposed qualifier
सीदन्तःsitting down; settling
सीदन्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb-derived adjective (participle)
Root√सद् (सीद् ‘उपवेशने/अवसादने’)
वनुषःthe archers/woodsmen
वनुषः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवनुष् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wood/forest-dweller’ → ‘archer/woodsman’ in Vedic usage)
यथाas, like
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (यद्-सम्बन्धी अव्यय)
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