Rig Veda 9.63.24: Mandala 9, Sukta 63, Mantra 24
Sukta 9.63
Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seer-poets
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अपघ्नन्पवसे मृधः क्रतुवित्सोम मत्सरः । नुदस्वादेवयुं जनम् ॥
Transliteration
apághnan pavase mṛ́dhaḥ kratuvít soma matsaráḥ | nudasvā́devayuṃ jánam ||
Translation
तू दुश्मन को मारता है और खुद को साफ करता है। सोम, तू जानता है क्या करना है और खुशी देता है। उन लोगों को भगा दे जो भगवान को नहीं मानते।
Word by Word
अपघ्नन्striking away, removing
अपघ्नन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootअप-हन् (√हन्)
पवसेthou purifiest; thou flowest
पवसे:
Kriyā (main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पवते)
मृधःhostilities, harms
मृधः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमृध् (prātipadika: मृध्/मृध-)
क्रतुवित्knower of sacred resolve/ritual power
क्रतुवित्:
Viśeṣaṇa (of Kartā) / Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇya
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootक्रतु + √विद्
सोमO Soma
सोम:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (prātipadika)
मत्सरःthe exhilarating (one)
मत्सरः:
Kartā (in apposition to implied ‘त्वम्’/Soma) / Viśeṣya
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमत्सर (prātipadika)
नुदस्वdrive away
नुदस्व:
Kriyā (injunctive command)
TypeVerb
Root√नुद्
अदेवयुम्the ungodly, not devoted to the gods
अदेवयुम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-देवयु (prātipadika: देवयु ‘devotee of the gods’ with privative अ-)
जनम्people, folk
जनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजन (prātipadika)
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