Rig Veda 9.28.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 28, Mantra 6

Sukta 9.28

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एष शुष्म्यदाभ्यः सोमः पुनानो अर्षति । देवावीरघशंसहा ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.28.6

Transliteration

eṣá śuṣmy ádābhyaḥ sómaḥ punānó arṣati | devā́-vīr aghaśaṃsa-hā́ ||

Translation

Yeh Soma bahut taakatwala hai, koi usse hara nahi sakta. Woh bah raha hai aur saaf bhi kar raha hai. Bhagwan ki shakti lekar aata hai. Buri baatein aur paap ko khatam kar deta hai.

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Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Kartā (with सोमः)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-

• शुष्मी: mighty, vigorous
• शुष्मी: Kartā (qualifier of सोमः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुष्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक; from शुष्म ‘might, vigor’)

• अदाभ्यः: unharming, invincible, not to be deceived
• अदाभ्यः: Kartā (qualifier of सोमः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दभ् (धातु ‘to harm, deceive’) + नञ्/अ- (neg.) → अदाभ्य-

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनानः: purifying himself / being purified
• पुनानः: Kartā (qualifier of सोमः)
• Type: Participle (present middle)
• Root: पू (धातु ‘to purify’) → पुनान- (शानच्/आनच्-प्रत्यय, आत्मनेपदी वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• अर्षति: flows, streams
• अर्षति: Kriyā (of Kartā सोमः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋष् (धातु ‘to flow, move swiftly’)

• देवावीः: protector/helper of the gods
• देवावीः: Kartā (apposition/epithet of सोमः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: देवावी (प्रातिपदिक; देव + अवि/अवी ‘protector, helper’)

• अघशंसहा: slayer of evil-speaking / destroyer of malignant praise
• अघशंसहा: Kartā (qualifier of सोमः)
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa-type epithet)
• Root: अघशंसह (प्रातिपदिक; अघ- ‘evil’ + शंस- ‘praise/utterance’ + हन्/ह (√हन् ‘to slay’) → -हा ‘slayer’)