Rig Veda 9.102.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 102, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.102
Rishi: Ascribed to Soma Pavamāna tradition; specific rishi for 9.102 uncertain in this excerpt (commonly catalogued under Pavamanas; check Śaunaka Anukramaṇī for exact attribution).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purified Soma as an indwelling luminous power).
Chandas: Likely Jagatī/Triṣṭubh family typical of Mandala 9 hymns; exact meter requires syllable count verification for this verse.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उप त्रितस्य पाष्योरभक्त यद्गुहा पदम् । यज्ञस्य सप्त धामभिरध प्रियम् ॥
Transliteration
úpa tritásya pāṣyòr abhakta yád guhā́ padám | yajñásya saptá dhā́mabhir ádha priyám ||
Translation
He has taken his place near the two sides of Trita—there where the secret seat lies hidden in the cave; then, by the seven powers/abodes of the sacrifice, he becomes the beloved (delight) within the work.
Word by Word
उपup to, towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
त्रितस्यof Trita
त्रितस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootत्रित (प्रातिपदिक)
पाष्योःin/at the two ‘pāṣyā-s’ (two sides/flanks/heels; lit. ‘two supports’)
पाष्योः:
अधिकारण (locative sense: ‘in/at’) / सम्बन्ध (genitive sense: ‘of’) — प्रसङ्गानुसार
TypeNoun
Rootपाष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अरभक्तthey seized/laid hold (upon)
अरभक्त:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरभ् (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
यत्which
यत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गुहाम्the cave, hiding-place
गुहाम्:
अधिकारण (goal/into) / कर्म (as object with motion) — प्रसङ्गानुसार
TypeNoun
Rootगुहा (प्रातिपदिक)
पदम्footstep; place; station
पदम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice
यज्ञस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तseven
सप्त:
विशेषण (संख्या-विशेषण)
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्त (संख्या)
धामभिःwith (its) abodes/ordinances/lights
धामभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootधामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अधthen, thereafter
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (निपात)
प्रियम्the dear (thing); the beloved (goal)
प्रियम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
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