Rig Veda 9.92.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 92, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.92

Rishi: Rebha Kāśyapa (traditional for RV 9.92; verify in Anukramaṇī/critical edition)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; confirm metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अच्छा नृचक्षा असरत्पवित्रे नाम दधानः कविरस्य योनौ । सीदन्होतेव सदने चमूषूपेमग्मन्नृषयः सप्त विप्राः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.92.2

Transliteration

ácchā nṛ-cákṣā ásarat pavítre nā́ma dádhānaḥ kavír asya yónau | sī́dan hótā-iva sádane camū́ṣv úpem ágmann ṛ́ṣayaḥ saptá víprāḥ ||

Translation

Soma ki nazar saaf hai aur woh filter ki taraf ja raha hai. Rishi ki soch mein apna naam liya hai. Woh pujari ki tarah baith jaata hai bowl mein. Saat rishi uske paas aate hain jo acchi soch rakhte hain.

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Word by Word

• अच्छा: towards
• अच्छा: Adhikaraṇa (गत्यर्थे—‘towards’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• नृचक्षाः: the man-seeing one (Soma)
• नृचक्षाः: Kartā (असरत् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: नृ-चक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• असरत्: flowed / ran
• असरत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृ (धातु)

• पवित्रे: in/through the strainer (filter)
• पवित्रे: Adhikaraṇa (स्थान—‘in/through the filter’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाम: indeed / as (by) name
• नाम: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)

• दधानः: bearing / placing
• दधानः: Kartā (सह-विशेषणम् नृचक्षाः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: धा (धातु) → दधान (शतृ)

• कविः: seer / poet
• कविः: Kartā (अन्तर्निहित—‘being a seer/poet’ as apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (योनौ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• योनौ: in the womb / seat / source
• योनौ: Adhikaraṇa (स्थान—‘in the womb/seat’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सीदन्: sitting down / settling
• सीदन्: Kartā (सह-विशेषणम् नृचक्षाः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: सद् (धातु) → सीदत्/सीदन् (शतृ; वैदिक रूप)

• होता: Hotṛ-priest
• होता: Kartā (उपमान—इव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• सदने: in the seat / dwelling
• सदने: Adhikaraṇa (स्थान—‘in the seat/house’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• चमूषु: in the ladles/cups (vessels)
• चमूषु: Adhikaraṇa (स्थान—‘in the cups/vessels’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमू (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near / up to
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• इमग्मन्: came / approached
• इमग्मन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) with preverb इम्- (वैदिक intens./preverb) → इमग्मन्

• ऋषयः: seers
• ऋषयः: Kartā (इमग्मन् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: —
• Type: Numeral
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• विप्राः: inspired sages / priests
• विप्राः: Kartā (ऋषयः इत्यस्य विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)