Rig Veda 9.62.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 62, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.62

Rishi: Soma-Pavamāna seer-family; exact attribution needs anukramaṇī verification

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

असाव्यंशुर्मदायाप्सु दक्षो गिरिष्ठाः । श्येनो न योनिमासदत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.62.4

Transliteration

asā́vy aṃśúr mādā́yā́psu dákṣo giriṣṭhā́ḥ | śyénो ná yónim ā́sadat ||

Translation

Le rayon (aṃśu) a été pressé pour l’ivresse de l’extase ; dans les eaux, la puissance habile, née des montagnes, vient à son gîte — tel un faucon se posant dans son nid.

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Word by Word

• असावि: was pressed forth (Soma)
• असावि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सु (सुनोति) ‘to press/express (Soma)’

• अंशुः: the Soma-stalk / Soma (ray-like)
• अंशुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशु- (prātipadika) ‘ray; Soma-stalk/juice’

• मदाय: for exhilaration (intoxication)
• मदाय: Sampradāna (purpose/beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद- (prātipadika) ‘intoxication, exhilaration’

• अप्सु: in the waters
• अप्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्- (prātipadika) ‘water’

• दक्षः: the strong/skillful one
• दक्षः: Kartā (apposition to अंशुः) / also possible predicate-nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष- (prātipadika) ‘skill, power; the able one’

• गिरिष्ठाः: mountain-dwelling / stationed on the mountains
• गिरिष्ठाः: Kartā (qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective (kṛdanta) used substantively
• Root: गिरि- + √स्था (स्थाति) → गिरिष्ठ- ‘standing/abiding on mountains’

• श्येनः: an eagle
• श्येनः: Kartā (of the simile-clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन- (prātipadika) ‘eagle, hawk’

• न: like
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (indeclinable particle of comparison)

• योनिम्: the resting-place / abode
• योनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि- (prātipadika) ‘womb, seat, resting-place’

• आ: towards, into
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (upasarga)
• Root: आ (preverb)

• असदत्: sat down / settled / alighted
• असदत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीदति) ‘to sit, settle, alight’