Rig Veda 9.22.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 22, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.22
Rishi: Uncertain/Traditional: Soma Pavamāna seers
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from provided verse alone
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एते वाता इवोरवः पर्जन्यस्येव वृष्टयः । अग्नेरिव भ्रमा वृथा ॥
Transliteration
eté vātā́ ivorávāḥ parjányasyeva vṛ́ṣṭayaḥ | agnér iva bhramā́ vṛ́thā ||
Translation
ये (सोम-रस) वायु के समान अपने विस्तृत निनाद में गतिमान हैं; पर्जन्य की वृष्टि के समान धाराएँ बरसाते हैं; और अग्नि की भाँति घूमती ज्वालाओं-से चक्राकार फिरते हैं—जड़ता को बिखेरते और बंद पड़े को खोलते हुए।
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एतेthese
एते:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वाताःwinds
वाताः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक; √वा ‘to blow’)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
उरवःbroad, wide (ones)
उरवः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootउरु (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
पर्जन्यस्यof Parjanya (rain-god)
पर्जन्यस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्जन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
वृष्टयःrains, showers
वृष्टयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; √वृष् ‘to rain’)
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
भ्रमाःwhirlings, eddies, roving motions
भ्रमाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रम (प्रातिपदिक; √भ्रम् ‘to whirl, roam’)
वृथाin vain, aimlessly
वृथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवृथा
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