Rig Veda 9.17.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 17, Mantra 5
Sukta 9.17
Rishi: Kāṇva (general)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with solar comparison)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अति त्री सोम रोचना रोहन्न भ्राजसे दिवम् । इष्णन्त्सूर्यं न चोदयः ॥
Transliteration
áti trī́ soma rocanā́ róhann na bhrājase dívaṃ | iṣṇánt sū́ryaṃ na códayaḥ ||
Translation
सोम, तुम तीन दुनिया से आगे निकल जाते हो। आसमान में जाके चमकते हो। जैसे सूरज सबको आगे बढ़ाता है, वैसे तुम भी अंदर का चमक पूरा करते हो।
Word by Word
अतिbeyond, over
अति:
Adhikaraṇa (गतिविशेष/परिमाण-विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्रीःthree (regions/worlds)
त्रीः:
Karma (गन्तव्य-सम्बन्ध: ‘तीन (लोकान्/प्रदेशान्)’)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
(सम्बोधन) —
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
रोचनाःluminous realms, bright spaces
रोचनाः:
Karma (अतिक्रम्य-गन्तव्य: luminous realms)
TypeNoun
Rootरोचना (प्रातिपदिक; √रुच् ‘दीप्तौ’ से)
रोहन्ascending, mounting
रोहन्:
Kartā (सोमः—‘आरोहन्’)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√रुह् (रुहँ) ‘आरोहणे’
नlike, as
न:
— (उपमान-चिह्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
भ्राजसेyou shine, are radiant
भ्राजसे:
Kartā (त्वम् = सोमः)
TypeVerb
Root√भ्राज् ‘दीप्तौ’
दिवम्heaven, the sky
दिवम्:
Karma (गन्तव्य/व्याप्ति: heaven)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव् ‘द्युलोक’)
इष्णन्impelling, urging on
इष्णन्:
Kartā (सोमः—‘प्रेरयन्/वेगयन्’)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√इष् ‘इच्छा/प्रेरणे’ (वैदिक: वेग/प्रेरणा)
सूर्यम्the Sun
सूर्यम्:
Karma (यम् प्रेरयति)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
— (उपमान-चिह्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
चोदयःyou impel, you set in motion
चोदयः:
Kartā (त्वम् = सोमः)
TypeVerb
Root√चुद् ‘प्रेरणे’
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