Rig Veda 9.67.30: Mandala 9, Sukta 67, Mantra 30
Sukta 9.67
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Devata: Soma (explicit).
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Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अलाय्यस्य परशुर्ननाश तमा पवस्व देव सोम । आखुं चिदेव देव सोम ॥
Transliteration
alā́yyasya paráśur nanāśa támā́ pavasva deva soma | ākhúṃ cid evá deva soma ||
Translation
આળસુ અવરોધને કૂહાડીએ નાશ કર્યો છે; તેથી વહે, હે દેવ સોમ—હા, નાનકડી કોતરતી અંધકારરૂપ ‘ઉંદર’ને પણ, હે દેવ સોમ.
Word by Word
अलाय्यस्यof the ‘Alāyya’ (one so named/characterized)
अलाय्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootअलाय्य (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण/नाम)
परशुःthe axe
परशुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपरशु (प्रातिपदिक)
ननाशperished / was destroyed
ननाश:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु)
तमhim / that one
तम:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, forth; (as preverb intensifying the verb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
पवस्वpurify thyself / flow clear
पवस्व:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपू (धातु; ‘to purify/clarify’)
देवO god
देव:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
आखुम्the mouse/rat
आखुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootआखु (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
एवindeed, just
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (निपात)
देवO god
देव:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
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