Rig Veda 9.97.47: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 47

Sukta 9.97

Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seers (generic attribution)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; confirm by scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एष प्रत्नेन वयसा पुनानस्तिरो वर्पांसि दुहितुर्दधानः । वसानः शर्म त्रिवरूथमप्सु होतेव याति समनेषु रेभन् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.97.47

Transliteration

eṣá pratnéna váyasā punānáḥ tiró varpā́ṃsi duhitúr dádhānaḥ | vásānaḥ śárma tri-varū́tham apsú hótā-iva yāti sámanēṣu rébhan ||

Translation

Soma apni purani taakat se khud ko saaf kar raha hai. Woh paani ki shakti apne upar le raha hai. Paani mein woh teen tarah ki suraksha deta hai. Woh mandaliyon mein jaise pandit chalta hai. Sab jagah sahamta paida karta hai.

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Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रत्नेन: with ancient (age/strength)
• प्रत्नेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयसा: with vigor/age
• वयसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनानः: purifying himself / being purified
• पुनानः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √पू (पूञ्) ‘to purify’

• तिरः: across, over
• तिरः: Upapada (directional) / Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तिरस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्पांसि: forms, outer coverings
• वर्पांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्पस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुहितुः: of the daughter
• दुहितुः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधानः: placing, putting on
• दधानः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √धा ‘to place, put’

• वसानः: wearing, clothed in
• वसानः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √वस् ‘to clothe, wear’

• शर्म: shelter, protection
• शर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रिवरूथम्: threefold-guarded
• त्रिवरूथम्: Karma (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि-वरूथ (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्सु: in the waters
• अप्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• होता: the Hotṛ-priest
• होता: Kartā (upamāna in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: Upamā (simile marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या ‘to go’

• समनेषु: in the assemblies/meetings
• समनेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: समन (प्रातिपदिक)

• रेभन्: O singer/chanting one
• रेभन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: रेभ (प्रातिपदिक) / √रेभ् ‘to praise, sing’ (denom./noun base)