Rig Veda 9.21.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 21, Mantra 7

Sukta 9.21

Rishi: Uncertain/Traditional: Soma Pavamāna seers (RV 9 as a collection; often attributed across Kashyapa/others depending on hymn); not determinable from provided verse alone

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (purifying Soma as a conscious power)

Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from provided verse alone (meter requires full pada syllable count across the hymn)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एत उ त्ये अवीवशन्काष्ठां वाजिनो अक्रत । सतः प्रासाविषुर्मतिम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.21.7

Transliteration

eté u tye ávīvaśan kā́ṣṭhāṃ vājíno akrata | satáḥ prá āsāviṣur matím ||

Translation

これらこそ—あの激しき力たち—は目標へと駆り進み、豊饒の力を担う者たちがそれを作り成した。彼らは「実在」（sat）から「思」（mati）を搾り出し、流れ出でさせて顕現させた。

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Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एत-

• उ: indeed; now
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• त्ये: those (well-known)
• त्ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्य- (वैदिक-प्रयोगः)

• अवीवशन्: they impelled/urged on
• अवीवशन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वश् (वशँ कान्तौ/वशीकरणे) [वैदिक-प्रयोगः: ‘प्रेरयति/वशीकरोति/उत्साहयति’]

• काष्ठाम्: the goal; the finishing-point (lit. ‘the post/limit’)
• काष्ठाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजिनः: the prize-winners; racers; vigorous ones
• वाजिनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक) < वाज (strength/prize)

• अक्रत: they made; they accomplished
• अक्रत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (डुकृञ् करणे)

• सतः: of the existent/true (one); of the good
• सतः: —
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: सत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) < √अस् (भू)

• प्रासाविषुः: they have set in motion; they have impelled forth
• प्रासाविषुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √सू (षू प्रसवे)

• मतिम्: thought; intention; hymn/poetic inspiration
• मतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक) < √मन् (मनँ ज्ञाने/चिन्तायाम्)