Rig Veda 9.71.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 71, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.71

Rishi: Soma-Pavamāna tradition (Book 9); specific attribution varies by Anukramaṇī.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna.

Chandas: Likely Jagatī (to be metrically confirmed).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र कृष्टिहेव शूष एति रोरुवदसुर्यं वर्णं नि रिणीते अस्य तम् । जहाति वव्रिं पितुरेति निष्कृतमुपप्रुतं कृणुते निर्णिजं तना ॥

Transliteration

prá kṛṣṭihéva śūṣá eti rórūvad asuryàṁ várṇaṁ ní riṇīte asya tám | jahā́ti vavrím pitúr eti niṣkṛtám upaprútam kṛṇute nirṇíjaṁ tánā ||

Translation

En avant il s’avance avec une force impérieuse, tel celui qui conquiert le champ pour les peuples ; d’un cri retentissant il dépouille la teinte asurique, l’obscurité qui s’attache à lui. Il abandonne l’enveloppe qui l’enserre et va vers la demeure préparée du Père ; par son propre être il se fait le vêtement purificateur.

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Word by Word

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

• कृष्टि-हा: slayer/overcomer of the peoples (or: of cultivated lands)
• कृष्टि-हा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: कृष्टि (prātipadika) + हन् (dhātu)

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

• शूषः: impetuosity, vigor
• शूषः: Kartā (apposition to implied Soma/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूष (prātipadika)

• एति: goes, advances
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु: इ/ए ‘to go’)

• रोरुवत्: roaring, loudly-sounding
• रोरुवत्: —
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: रु (धातु ‘to roar/cry’)

• असुर्यम्: non-solar, sunless; demonic
• असुर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असुर्य (prātipadika)

• वर्णम्: color, appearance
• वर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण (prātipadika)

• नि: down, away, into
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• रिणीते: strips off, removes
• रिणीते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: री/रि (धातु ‘to flow/let go’; Vedic: ‘to remove/strip off’)

• अस्य: of him/it
• अस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāman)

• तम्: that (one/that thing)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāman)

• जहाति: leaves, abandons
• जहाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु ‘to leave, abandon’)

• वव्रिम्: covering, veil; enclosure
• वव्रिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वव्रि (prātipadika)

• पितुः: of the father
• पितुः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (prātipadika)

• एति: goes
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु: इ/ए ‘to go’)

• निष्कृतम्: made ready; brought out; prepared
• निष्कृतम्: Karma/Goal (as object of motion)
• Type: Adjective (PPP)
• Root: निष्-√कृ (धातु ‘to make, do’) → निष्कृत (ppp)

• उप: towards, near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (upasarga)

• प्रुतम्: sprung forth, leaping; rushing
• प्रुतम्: Karma (qualifier of nirṇijam / or of the action)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रुत (prātipadika; from √पृ/√प्रु ‘to leap/spring’ in Vedic usage)

• कृणुते: makes for himself, fashions
• कृणुते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु ‘to make, do’)

• निर्णिजम्: bright garment, shining covering (radiance)
• निर्णिजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्णिज्/निर्णिज (prātipadika)

• तना: by extension; along (in a stretched-out way)
• तना: Karaṇa (adverbial means/manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तना