Rig Veda 9.72.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 72, Mantra 7

Sukta 9.72

Rishi: Soma-Pavamāna tradition (Book 9).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Likely Jagatī (to be metrically confirmed).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नाभा पृथिव्या धरुणो महो दिवोऽपामूर्मौ सिन्धुष्वन्तरुक्षितः । इन्द्रस्य वज्रो वृषभो विभूवसुः सोमो हृदे पवते चारु मत्सरः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.72.7

Transliteration

nā́bhā pṛthivyā́ dharúṇo mahó divó ’pām ū́rmau síndhuṣv antár ukṣitáḥ | índrasya vājró vṛṣabhó vibhū́vasuḥ sómo hṛdé pavate cā́ru matsaráḥ ||

Translation

Soma dharti ka nabhi hai, aasman ko pakad ke rakhta hai. Paani ki lehron mein, nadiyon mein yeh bah raha hai. Yeh Indra ki vajra hai, ek taakat wala bail hai. Dil mein yeh saaf ho ke bah raha hai aur khushi deta hai.

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• नाभा: at/with the navel (centre)
• नाभा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• पृथिव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी- (प्रातिपदिक)

• धरुणः: support, upholder
• धरुणः: Kartā (as predicate-nominative) / Viśeṣya
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: धरुण- (प्रातिपदिक; धृ ‘धारणे’ से)

• महो: of the great
• महो: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: महत्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवः: of heaven/sky
• दिवः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ-/दिव्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्मौ: in the wave/surge
• ऊर्मौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्मि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सिन्धुषु: among/in the rivers (streams)
• सिन्धुषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तः: within, inside
• अन्तः: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense) / Upapada
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तर् (अव्यय/उपसर्गीय)

• उक्षितः: sprinkled, bedewed
• उक्षितः: Kartā (as predicate-nominative) / Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Participle
• Root: उक्ष् (धातु: उक्ष् ‘सिञ्चने/वर्षणे’; क्त)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रः: the thunderbolt
• वज्रः: Kartā (as predicate-nominative) / Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषभः: the bull (strong one)
• वृषभः: Kartā (as predicate-nominative) / Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• विभूवसुः: all-rich, widely splendid
• विभूवसुः: Kartā (as predicate-nominative) / Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: विभूवसु- (प्रातिपदिक; वि- + भू + वसु ‘wealth’/‘splendour’)

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

• हृदे: in the heart
• हृदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवते: purifies/flows (as purified)
• पवते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु: पू ‘पवने/शोधने’; आत्मनेपद)

• चारुः: lovely, pleasing
• चारुः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मत्सरः: intoxicating exhilaration (rapture)
• मत्सरः: Kartā (appositional to सोमः) / Viśeṣya
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्सर- (प्रातिपदिक)