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 ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.10.7

Transliteration

samīcīnā́sa āsate hótāraḥ saptá-jāmayaḥ | padám ékasya píprataḥ ||

Translation

Harmonisés, les sept pouvoirs apparentés du Hotṛ prennent place ; ils comblent et affermissent l’unique pas — l’unique assise du Divin.

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Word by Word

• समीचीनाः: facing one another / in proper order
• समीचीनाः: कर्तृ (होतारः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समीचीन (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-√अञ्च्/अच् ‘to go/turn’ > ‘directed/turned towards’; adj.)

• आसते: they sit
• आसते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आस् (to sit)

• होतारः: the Hotṛ priests / invokers
• होतारः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to offer/sacrifice’)

• सप्तजामयः: sevenfold-kin / of seven families (i.e., the seven priests)
• सप्तजामयः: कर्तृ (होतारः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त-जामि (समास; सप्त ‘seven’ + जामि ‘of one family/kin, related’; adj.)

• पदम्: the step / track / station
• पदम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकस्य: of the one (single)
• एकस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Numeral/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिप्रतः: they fill / they make full
• पिप्रतः: (क्रिया; कर्म = पदम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ/पॢ (Vedic: to fill, to make full, to satisfy; reduplicated present stem पि-प्र-)