Rig Veda 9.65.26: Mandala 9, Sukta 65, Mantra 26
Sukta 9.65
Rishi: Ascribed to Soma Pavamāna seers (Mandala 9).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (plural streams)
Chandas: Likely Jagatī (not metrically verified from input).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र शुक्रासो वयोजुवो हिन्वानासो न सप्तयः । श्रीणाना अप्सु मृञ्जत ॥
Transliteration
prá śukrā́so vayó-juvo hinvānā́so ná saptáyaḥ | śrīṇānā́ apsú mṛ́ñjata ||
Translation
પ્ર શુક્રાસો વયોજુવો હિન્વાનાસો ન સપ્તયઃ—જીવશક્તિથી વેગવાન તેજસ્વીઓ, સાત અશ્વો સમા પ્રેરિત થઈ આગળ ધપે છે. અપ્સુ શ્રીણાના—જળોમાં મિશ્રિત થઈ—તે શુદ્ધ કરે છે અને આપણા અસ્તિત્વની ધારાઓને તૈયાર કરે છે.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
शुक्रासःthe bright/clear ones
शुक्रासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वयोजुवःspeeding with vigor/strength
वयोजुवः:
Kartā (apposition to शुक्रासः)
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa-type compound adjective)
Rootवयोजु (प्रातिपदिक; वयस् + जु)
हिन्वानासःimpelling/being impelled, rushing on
हिन्वानासः:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeParticiple (present middle/active in Vedic usage)
Root√हि / √हिन्व् (धातु) → हिन्वान (वर्तमान कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्-type; Vedic)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (avyaya)
सप्तयःteams (of horses), sevenfold teams
सप्तयः:
Kartā (upamāna: comparison term)
TypeNoun
Rootसप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रीणानाःmixing/strengthening (the draught)
श्रीणानाः:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeParticiple
Root√श्री / √श्रि (धातु) → श्रीणान (वर्तमान कृदन्त; Vedic intensive/denominative nuance ‘to mix/strengthen’)
अप्सुin the waters
अप्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
मृञ्जतthey cleanse/purify
मृञ्जत:
— (finite verb; governs the clause)
TypeVerb
Root√मृज् (धातु)
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