Rig Veda 9.5.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 5, Mantra 5
Sukta 9.5
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with personified ‘Doors’ as assisting powers)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उदातैर्जिहते बृहद्द्वारो देवीर्हिरण्ययीः । पवमानेन सुष्टुताः ॥
Transliteration
udā́taiḥ jihate bृहád-dvā́ro devī́r hiraṇyáyīḥ | pávamānena súṣṭutāḥ ||
Translation
ઉદાત્ત ગાનોથી વિશાળ દ્વારો—સુવર્ણમય તેજવાળી દેવીઓ—વિસ્તરીને ખુલ્લા થાય છે; સ્વયં-શુદ્ધ થનારા સોમ પવમાન સાથે સુસ્થીતિથી સ્તુત થયેલાં, તેઓ આરોહણ માટેનો માર્ગ પ્રગટ કરે છે.
Word by Word
उदातैःwith lofty/high (ones); with exalted (praises/tones)
उदातैः:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootउदात (प्रातिपदिक; √दा/दद् ‘देने’ से ‘उदात्त/उदात’ ‘उन्नत/उच्च’ अर्थ में) अथवा ‘उदात’ विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक
जिहते(the two) open/part; withdraw (from each other)
जिहते:
कर्तृ (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√हा (जहाति) / Vedic: जिहते (आत्मनेपद) ‘त्यज्/अपसर्प’
बृहद्great, vast
बृहद्:
विशेषण (द्वारौः)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘महान्’
द्वारौthe two doors (gateways)
द्वारौ:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootद्वार (प्रातिपदिक) ‘द्वार’
देवीःgoddesses; divine (feminine powers)
देवीः:
कर्तृ (द्वारौः के रूप में/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘देवी’
हिindeed, for
हि:
सम्बन्धसूचक/हेतु
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
हिरण्ययीःgolden, made of gold
हिरण्ययीः:
विशेषण (देवीः)
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्यय (प्रातिपदिक) ‘स्वर्णमय’
पवमानेनby/with the purifying (Soma)
पवमानेन:
करण
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootपवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘पवने/शोधने’ → पवमान ‘purifying, flowing (Soma)’)
सुष्टुताःwell-praised, duly hymned
सुष्टुताः:
विशेषण/कर्तृसम्बन्ध (देवीः/द्वारौः)
TypeAdjective (past participle)
Rootसु- + √स्तु (स्तौति) → सुष्टुत (कृदन्त; ‘well-praised’)
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