Rig Veda 9.10.8: Mandala 9, Sukta 10, Mantra 8
Sukta 9.10
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (as giver of vision and inspired issue)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नाभा नाभिं न आ ददे चक्षुश्चित्सूर्ये सचा । कवेरपत्यमा दुहे ॥
Transliteration
nā́bhā nā́bhiṃ na ā́ dade cákṣuś cit sū́rye sácā | kavér apátyam ā́ duhe ||
Translation
He gives us the navel—the central knot of being; and even the eye, in companionship with the Sun. He milks out for us the offspring of the Seer: the birth of inspired knowledge.
Word by Word
नाभाas/like a nave; in relation to the nave
नाभा:
Adhikaraṇa (उपमान-निर्देश/संबन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाभा (प्रातिपदिक; नाभि-सम्बद्ध) अथवा नाभा- (अव्यय/उपपद-प्रयोग)
नाभिम्the nave, hub (of a wheel)
नाभिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
नःto us / our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
ददेhas given / bestowed
ददे:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) ‘to give’
चक्षुःeye; sight
चक्षुः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even; indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
सूर्येin/with the Sun
सूर्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सचाtogether with
सचा:
Karaṇa (सह-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसच्/सच (अव्यय) ‘together, in company’
कवेःof the seer/poet
कवेः:
Sambandha (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
अपत्यम्offspring; son
अपत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
आforth, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
दुहेmilks; draws (out)
दुहे:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदुह् (धातु) ‘to milk, draw’
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