Rig Veda 9.71.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 71, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.71

Rishi: Soma-Pavamāna tradition (Book 9).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna.

Chandas: Likely Jagatī (to be metrically confirmed).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

समी रथं न भुरिजोरहेषत दश स्वसारो अदितेरुपस्थ आ । जिगादुप ज्रयति गोरपीच्यं पदं यदस्य मतुथा अजीजनन् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.71.5

Transliteration

samī́ rathaṁ ná bhuríjor aheṣata dáśa svásāro áditer upástha ā́ | jigā́dupá jrayati górapī́cyaṁ padáṁ yád asya matúthā́ ajī́janan ||

Translation

Together they urge him on like a chariot of abundant strength—the ten sisters in the lap of Aditi. He comes and presses forward to the hidden seat of the Ray; for the wise fashioners have brought to birth for him that secret step.

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Word by Word

• समी: together, in unison
• समी: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) + इ (अव्यय-रूप) / सम्यक्-अर्थे

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• भुरिजोः: of the bhurij (a swift/skillful one; epithet)
• भुरिजोः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुरिज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘भुरिज्’ = कुशल/वेगवान्/प्रेरक-प्रकारः; RV-विशेष)

• अहेषत: neighed/sounded
• अहेषत: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिष्/हेष् (धातु; ‘हेष्’ = हेषते ‘to neigh/sound’; Vedic aorist)

• दश: ten
• दश: विशेषण (संख्या)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दशन् (संख्या)

• स्वसारः: sisters
• स्वसारः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वसृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदितेः: of Aditi
• अदितेः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपस्थे: in the lap/seat
• उपस्थे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: unto, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• जिगात्: has gone/has come
• जिगात्: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु; reduplicated perfect/aorist-like Vedic form)

• उप: near, up to
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग)

• ज्रयति: hastens/presses on
• ज्रयति: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्रि/ज्रय् (धातु; Vedic ‘to hasten/press on/urge’)

• गोर्: of the cow (or: of the ray/cow-symbol)
• गोर्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपिच्यम्: hidden, secret
• अपिच्यम्: कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपिच्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अपिच्य’ = अन्तः/गूढ/पश्चात्-स्थित; RV-विशेष)

• पदम्: step, track, place
• पदम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which
• यत्: कर्म (सम्बन्ध-निर्देशक)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him/its
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मतुथाः: duly, in due measure/skillfully
• मतुथाः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मतुथा (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक; RV-विशेष, ‘according to measure/skillfully/with thought’)

• अजीजनन्: they generated/produced
• अजीजनन्: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्/जनि (धातु; causative/iterative sense ‘to beget/produce’; Vedic imperfect)