Rig Veda 9.5.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 5, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.5
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
बर्हिः प्राचीनमोजसा पवमानः स्तृणन्हरिः । देवेषु देव ईयते ॥
Transliteration
barhíḥ prācī́nam ójasā pávamānaḥ stṛṇán hárīḥ | devéṣu devá īyate ||
Translation
自浄のソーマはその力によって、古来の聖なる座バルヒスを敷きひろげる。金緑の駿馬—力の乗り物—はそこに整えられ、神は諸神へと、神々のうちへと進みゆく。
Word by Word
बर्हिःthe sacrificial grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राचीनम्forward/ancient; (here) spread out in front
प्राचीनम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राचीन (प्रातिपदिक)
ओजसाwith strength, by might
ओजसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पवमानःthe purifying one (Soma), as he purifies
पवमानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (Adjectival) / Noun (epithet)
Rootपू (धातु) → पवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, शतृ/शानच्-प्रकारः)
स्तृणन्spreading, strewing
स्तृणन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (present participle)
Rootस्तॄ (धातु)
हरिःthe tawny one; (Soma/steed-like, golden)
हरिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
देवेषुamong the gods
देवेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
देवःthe god (Soma)
देवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
ईयतेgoes, moves, hastens
ईयते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootई (धातु; गत्यर्थ) / इ (वेदिक-प्रयोगः)
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