Rig Veda 9.10.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 10, Mantra 7
Sukta 9.10
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
समीचीनास आसते होतारः सप्तजामयः । पदमेकस्य पिप्रतः ॥
Transliteration
samīcīnā́sa āsate hótāraḥ saptá-jāmayaḥ | padám ékasya píprataḥ ||
Translation
Armonizados, los siete poderes afines del Hotṛ toman asiento; colman y afirman el paso único — el único fundamento de lo Divino.
Word by Word
समीचीनाःfacing one another / in proper order
समीचीनाः:
कर्तृ (होतारः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमीचीन (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-√अञ्च्/अच् ‘to go/turn’ > ‘directed/turned towards’; adj.)
आसतेthey sit
आसते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√आस् (to sit)
होतारःthe Hotṛ priests / invokers
होतारः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to offer/sacrifice’)
सप्तजामयःsevenfold-kin / of seven families (i.e., the seven priests)
सप्तजामयः:
कर्तृ (होतारः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त-जामि (समास; सप्त ‘seven’ + जामि ‘of one family/kin, related’; adj.)
पदम्the step / track / station
पदम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
एकस्यof the one (single)
एकस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNumeral/Adjective (used substantively)
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
पिप्रतःthey fill / they make full
पिप्रतः:
(क्रिया; कर्म = पदम्)
TypeVerb
Root√पॄ/पॢ (Vedic: to fill, to make full, to satisfy; reduplicated present stem पि-प्र-)
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