Rig Veda 9.99.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 99, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.99

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अध क्षपा परिष्कृतो वाजाँ अभि प्र गाहते । यदी विवस्वतो धियो हरिं हिन्वन्ति यातवे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.99.2

Transliteration

ádha kṣapā́ paríṣkṛto vā́jāṃ abhi prá gāhate | yadī́ vivásvato dhíyo háriṃ hinvánti yā́tave ||

Translation

Raat ke baad Soma ko saaf karke aage bheja jaata hai. Woh taakat ke liye aage badhta hai. Jab Vivasvat ke khayal use push karte hain, toh woh peele rang wala apna safar shuru karta hai.

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Word by Word

• अध: then, now
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (avyaya)

• क्षपा: night (as a time/period)
• क्षपा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षपा- (प्रातिपदिक; f.)

• परिष्कृतः: adorned, purified, well-prepared
• परिष्कृतः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि√कृ (कृ धातु) → परिष्कृत- (ppp)

• वाजान्: prizes, strengths, spoils (victories)
• वाजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज- (प्रातिपदिक; m.)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• गाहते: he plunges/enters, advances into
• गाहते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गाह् (गाहँ; ‘to plunge/enter’)

• यदि: when, if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (avyaya)

• विवस्वतः: of Vivasvat (the Sun)
• विवस्वतः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवस्वत्- (प्रातिपदिक; m.)

• धियः: thoughts, insights, hymns (inspired visions)
• धियः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धि- (प्रातिपदिक; f.)

• हरिम्: the tawny one (Soma/steed), the golden one
• हरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि- (प्रातिपदिक; m.)

• हिन्वन्ति: they impel, they set in motion
• हिन्वन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हिन्/√हिन्व् (हिन्व्; ‘to set in motion, impel’)

• यातवे: to go, for going (to set forth)
• यातवे: प्रयोजन (purpose)
• Type: Verbal noun (infinitive)
• Root: √या (या; ‘to go’) → यातु- (गमन) / यातृ-; दत्तिव् ‘यातवे’