Rig Veda 9.97.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 7

Sukta 9.97

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र काव्यमुशनेव ब्रुवाणो देवो देवानां जनिमा विवक्ति । महिव्रतः शुचिबन्धुः पावकः पदा वराहो अभ्येति रेभन् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.97.7

Transliteration

prá kā́vyam uśánā-iva bruvāṇó devó devā́nāṃ jánimā vivakti | mahí-vrataḥ śúci-bandhuḥ pāvakáḥ padā́ varā́ho abhí eti rébhan ||

Translation

Él pronuncia la palabra inspirada como Uśanā; el Dios revela los nacimientos de los dioses. Grande en voto, pariente de lo puro, el purificador —cantando— avanza como un jabalí con su paso, oh cantor, abriéndose camino hasta la meta.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• काव्यम्: poetic utterance, hymn
• काव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काव्य (prātipadika; from कवि)

• उशना: Uśanā (Uśanas/Kavi Uśanas)
• उशना: Kartā (of implied comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उशनस् (proper name prātipadika)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• ब्रुवाणः: speaking, uttering
• ब्रुवाणः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• देवः: the god (Soma)
• देवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika)

• जनिमा: birth, origin
• जनिमा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनिमन्/जनिमा (prātipadika; from √जन्)

• विवक्ति: proclaims, makes known
• विवक्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: विवच्/विवक्ति (वि + √वच्)

• महिव्रतः: of great vow/observance
• महिव्रतः: Kartā (apposition to देवः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महिव्रत (prātipadika; महि + व्रत)

• शुचिबन्धुः: having pure kinship/connection; allied with purity
• शुचिबन्धुः: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शुचिबन्धु (prātipadika; शुचि + बन्धु)

• पावकः: purifying, pure
• पावकः: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावक (prātipadika; from √पू ‘to purify’)

• पदा: with (his) step/footprint; by a track
• पदा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (prātipadika)

• वराहः: boar
• वराहः: Kartā (metaphor for Soma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह (prātipadika)

• अभ्येति: goes toward, approaches
• अभ्येति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √इ (धातु)

• रेभन्: O singer/poet!
• रेभन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेभ (prātipadika; ‘singer/poet’; also used as voc.)