Rig Veda 9.39.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 39, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.39
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परिष्कृण्वन्ननिष्कृतं जनाय यातयन्निषः । वृष्टिं दिवः परि स्रव ॥
Transliteration
parí-kṛṇvann ániḥkṛtaṃ jánāya yātáyann íṣaḥ | vṛṣṭíṃ diváḥ pári srava ||
Translation
जो अभी अपरिष्कृत है उसे मनुष्य के लिए परिष्कृत करता हुआ, हमारी खोज की प्रेरणाओं को आगे बढ़ाता हुआ—हे सोम, दिव्य वर्षा के समान हमारे चारों ओर प्रवाहित हो; ऊपर के प्रकाश का यह प्रस्रवण हो।
Word by Word
परिaround, all around
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
इष्कृण्वन्making, preparing, fashioning
इष्कृण्वन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootकृ (करोति) + उपसर्ग इष्-/इष्क्- (वेदिक)
अनिष्कृतम्unprepared, unrefined
अनिष्कृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनिष्कृत (ppp of नि-√कृ/√कॄ ‘to make/prepare’) with privative अ-
जनायfor the people, for the man
जनाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक) / जन (people) अथवा जन (man)
यातयन्driving on, impelling
यातयन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootयातय (णिजन्त/कारण) < √यात/√या (वेदिक causative sense ‘to set in motion, to drive on’)
निषःthe outflows, streams (of Soma)
निषः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिष् (प्रातिपदिक; वेदिक ‘outflow/stream/juice’), nom. pl.
वृष्टिम्rain, rainfall
वृष्टिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) < √वृष् ‘to rain’
दिवःof heaven, from the sky
दिवः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sky, heaven’
परिaround, forth
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्रवflow! stream forth!
स्रव:
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TypeVerb
Root√स्रु (स्रवति) ‘to flow’
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