Rig Veda 9.39.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 39, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.39
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अयं स यो दिवस्परि रघुयामा पवित्र आ । सिन्धोरूर्मा व्यक्षरत् ॥
Transliteration
ayáṃ sá yó divás pári raghu-yā́mā pavítra ā́ | síndhor ūrmā́ vy àkṣarat ||
Translation
This is he who, swift in his courses, comes from beyond heaven to the purifier; like a wave of the great river he pours himself out and spreads.
Word by Word
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
कर्तृ (सिन्धोः ऊर्मा इत्यस्य निर्देशः) / विषय-निर्देशकः
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अयम्
सःhe/that (same one)
सः:
कर्तृ/विषय-निर्देशकः (अयम् इत्यस्य पुनर्निर्देशः)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → सः
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (यः… व्यक्षरत्)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम) → यः
दिवःof heaven / from the sky
दिवः:
अपादान/सम्बन्ध (दिवः परि = heaven’s/from heaven around)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौः (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ-) → दिवः
परिaround, from all around
परि:
अधिकारण-सम्बन्ध (परितः/चारितः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रघुयामाswift-going, of rapid course
रघुयामा:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (यः… पवित्रः)
TypeAdjective
Rootरघु- (प्रातिपदिक) + यामन्/याम (प्रातिपदिक) → बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः
पवित्रःthe purifier; the straining (Soma)
पवित्रः:
कर्तृ (सोमः/धारः—‘the purifier/through the strainer’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘purifying/strainer’)
आtowards, forth
आ:
क्रिया-विशेषकः (आ- = towards/into, intensifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सिन्धोःof the river/stream
सिन्धोः:
सम्बन्ध (ऊर्मा = ‘of the river/stream’)
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊर्माwave, surge
ऊर्मा:
कर्तृ (व्यक्षरत्)
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिक) → ऊर्मा (वैदिकः प्रथमा एकवचन-रूपम्)
विforth, out, widely
वि:
क्रिया-विशेषकः (वि- = apart, forth, distinctly)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अक्षरत्flowed, streamed
अक्षरत्:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: ऊर्मा)
TypeVerb
Root√क्षर् (क्षरति ‘to flow, stream, melt’)
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