Rig Veda 9.22.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 22, Mantra 5

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 पृष्ठानि रोदसोर्विप्रयन्तो व्यानशुः । उतेदमुत्तमं रजः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.22.5

Transliteration

eté pṛṣṭhā́ni ródasor viprayánto ví ānaśuḥ | utédám uttamáṃ rájaḥ ||

Translation

Yeh sab rishiyon ki tarah chale hain aur dono duniya ki unchai tak pahunch gaye hain. Unhone sabse upar wali jagah ko chhua hai, woh sabse badi aur chamakdar jagah.

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• एते: these (they)
• एते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Determiner
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / एष-प्रातिपदिक

• पृष्ठानि: backs; ridges; surfaces
• पृष्ठानि: Kartā (with एते; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोदसोः: of the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसोः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (dual compound sense)
• Root: रोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; ‘heaven-and-earth’)

• विप्रयन्तः: moving forth; advancing; streaming
• विप्रयन्तः: Kartā (qualifying the subject)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: वि + प्र + √इ (धातु) → विप्रयन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ)

• व्यानशुः: they have reached; they attained
• व्यानशुः: Kriyā (finite verb of the clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √अश् (अश्नुते/अश्नोति ‘to reach, attain’)

• उत: and; also
• उत: — (connective particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (object of an implied/understood verb ‘(they reached) this’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तमम्: highest; uppermost
• उत्तमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of उद्/उपरि-भाव)

• रजः: space; region; realm (often the mid/upper expanse)
• रजः: Karma (with इदम्; ‘this highest region/space’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)