Rig Veda 9.21.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 21, Mantra 7
Sukta 9.21
Rishi: Uncertain/Traditional: Soma Pavamāna seers (RV 9 as a collection; often attributed across Kashyapa/others depending on hymn); not determinable from provided verse alone
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (purifying Soma as a conscious power)
Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from provided verse alone (meter requires full pada syllable count across the hymn)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एत उ त्ये अवीवशन्काष्ठां वाजिनो अक्रत । सतः प्रासाविषुर्मतिम् ॥
Transliteration
eté u tye ávīvaśan kā́ṣṭhāṃ vājíno akrata | satáḥ prá āsāviṣur matím ||
Translation
These indeed—those impetuous powers—have driven forward to the goal; the bearers of plenitude-force have fashioned it. From the Real (sat) they have pressed out and set streaming the thought (mati) into manifestation.
Word by Word
एतेthese
एते:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एत-
उindeed; now
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
त्येthose (well-known)
त्ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्य- (वैदिक-प्रयोगः)
अवीवशन्they impelled/urged on
अवीवशन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वश् (वशँ कान्तौ/वशीकरणे) [वैदिक-प्रयोगः: ‘प्रेरयति/वशीकरोति/उत्साहयति’]
काष्ठाम्the goal; the finishing-point (lit. ‘the post/limit’)
काष्ठाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकाष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
वाजिनःthe prize-winners; racers; vigorous ones
वाजिनः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक) < वाज (strength/prize)
अक्रतthey made; they accomplished
अक्रत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (डुकृञ् करणे)
सतःof the existent/true (one); of the good
सतः:
—
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootसत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) < √अस् (भू)
प्रासाविषुःthey have set in motion; they have impelled forth
प्रासाविषुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + √सू (षू प्रसवे)
मतिम्thought; intention; hymn/poetic inspiration
मतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमति (प्रातिपदिक) < √मन् (मनँ ज्ञाने/चिन्तायाम्)
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