Mantra 26
Sukta 9.65
Rishi: Ascribed to Soma Pavamāna seers (Mandala 9).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (plural streams)
Chandas: Likely Jagatī (not metrically verified from input).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र शुक्रासो वयोजुवो हिन्वानासो न सप्तयः । श्रीणाना अप्सु मृञ्जत ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
प्र शु॒क्रासो॑ वयो॒जुवो॑ हिन्वा॒नासो॒ न सप्त॑यः । श्री॒णा॒ना अ॒प्सु मृ॑ञ्जत ॥
Transliteration
prá śukrā́so vayó-juvo hinvānā́so ná saptáyaḥ | śrīṇānā́ apsú mṛ́ñjata ||
Translation
Forward move the bright ones, swift with the life-force, urged on like seven steeds; blending with the waters, they cleanse and make ready the currents of our being.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
प्र । शु॒क्रासः॑ । व॒यः॒ऽजुवः॑ । हि॒न्वा॒नासः॑ । न । सप्त॑यः । श्री॒णा॒नाः । अ॒प्ऽसु । मृ॒ञ्ज॒त॒ ॥प्र । शुक्रासः । वयःजुवः । हिन्वानासः । न । सप्तयः । श्रीणानाः । अप्सु । मृञ्जत ॥pra | śukrāsaḥ | vayaḥ-juvaḥ | hinvānāsaḥ | na | saptayaḥ | śrīṇānāḥ | ap-su | mṛñjata
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
शुक्रासःthe bright/clear ones
शुक्रासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वयोजुवःspeeding with vigor/strength
वयोजुवः:
Kartā (apposition to शुक्रासः)
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa-type compound adjective)
Rootवयोजु (प्रातिपदिक; वयस् + जु)
हिन्वानासःimpelling/being impelled, rushing on
हिन्वानासः:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeParticiple (present middle/active in Vedic usage)
Root√हि / √हिन्व् (धातु) → हिन्वान (वर्तमान कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्-type; Vedic)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (avyaya)
सप्तयःteams (of horses), sevenfold teams
सप्तयः:
Kartā (upamāna: comparison term)
TypeNoun
Rootसप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रीणानाःmixing/strengthening (the draught)
श्रीणानाः:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeParticiple
Root√श्री / √श्रि (धातु) → श्रीणान (वर्तमान कृदन्त; Vedic intensive/denominative nuance ‘to mix/strengthen’)
अप्सुin the waters
अप्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
मृञ्जतthey cleanse/purify
मृञ्जत:
— (finite verb; governs the clause)
TypeVerb
Root√मृज् (धातु)