Rig Veda 9.15.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 15, Mantra 7

Sukta 9.15

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एतं मृजन्ति मर्ज्यमुप द्रोणेष्वायवः । प्रचक्राणं महीरिषः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.15.7

Transliteration

etáṃ mṛ́janti márjyam úpa dróṇeṣv āyávaḥ | pracakrāṇáṃ mahī́r íṣaḥ ||

Translation

彼を彼らは清める——清めらるべき者を——槽（どろーな）の傍らで。求道の者たちは彼を動かし、養いと力の大いなる衝動が、その後に従って回転し始める。

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• एतम्: this (him)
• एतम्: कर्म (विशेष्य-निर्देशः) / कर्मपद-विशेषणम्
• Type: Pronoun/Determiner
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मृजन्ति: they cleanse
• मृजन्ति: क्रिया (कर्तृ-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृज् (मार्जने ‘to cleanse, wipe’)

• मर्ज्यम्: to be cleansed / fit to be purified
• मर्ज्यम्: कर्मपद-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √मृज् → मर्ज्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ‘to be cleansed’)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: उपपद-सम्बन्धः (निकटता/समीप्य)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• द्रोणेषु: in the vats / troughs
• द्रोणेषु: अधिकरण (स्थान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘trough, vat, wooden vessel’)

• आयवः: the lively ones / the pressers (agents)
• आयवः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun (collective/agentive) / Adjective
• Root: आयु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘vital force, life’; RV usage: ‘the living/quick ones’, often of the pressing/straining agents)

• प्रचक्राणम्: rolling onward / moving forward
• प्रचक्राणम्: कर्मपद-विशेषणम्
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: √चक्र्/√चक्र (Vedic; ‘to move/roll, go round’; reduplicated perfect participle) → प्र-चक्राण (कृदन्त)

• महीः: the great (ones)
• महीः: कर्ता
• Type: Adjective (substantivized) / Noun-like adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक; ‘great, mighty’)

• इषः: refreshments / invigorating draughts
• इषः: कर्ता (महीः इषः = ‘great refreshments’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘refreshment, nourishment, sap/juice’; RV often of invigorating draughts)