Rig Veda 9.60.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 60, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.60
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (explicitly invoked; the verse is a gāyatrī-style invocation though full metrical verification is not provided here)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र गायत्रेण गायत पवमानं विचर्षणिम् । इन्दुं सहस्रचक्षसम् ॥
Transliteration
prá gāyatréṇa gāyata páv amānaṃ vícarṣaṇim | índuṃ sahásracakṣasam ||
Translation
ગાયત્રી છંદથી ગાવો—પવમાન સોમને, સર્વત્ર કાર્ય કરનારને; સહસ્રચક્ષુ (હજાર નેત્રોવાળો) તેજસ્વી ઇન્દુને.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
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TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga) प्रत्यय-रहित अव्यय
गायत्रेणwith/by the Gāyatrī (metre)
गायत्रेण:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्र (प्रातिपदिकम्) < गायत्री (छन्दस्/नाम)
गायतsing (you all)!
गायत:
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TypeVerb
Root√गै (गायति)
पवमानम्the purifying one (Soma)
पवमानम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used as noun epithet)
Rootपवमान (प्रातिपदिकम्) < √पू (पवते) वर्तमान-कृदन्तः (शतृ/शानच्-सम्भवः)
विचर्षणिम्all-seeing, widely shining
विचर्षणिम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविचर्षणि (प्रातिपदिकम्) < वि-√चर्ष्/चर्षण (प्रकाश/दर्शन/व्याप्ति-भाव)
इन्दुम्the drop (Soma)
इन्दुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिकम्)
सहस्रचक्षसम्thousand-eyed, having myriad eyes
सहस्रचक्षसम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-चक्षस् (समासः) < सहस्र (संख्या) + चक्षस् (प्रातिपदिकम्) < √चक्ष् (दृश्)
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