Rig Veda 9.56.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 56, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.56
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (purifying Soma)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परि सोम ऋतं बृहदाशुः पवित्रे अर्षति । विघ्नन्रक्षांसि देवयुः ॥
Transliteration
pári sóma ṛtáṃ bṛhád āśúḥ pavítre arṣati | vighnán rákṣāṃsi devayúḥ ||
Translation
ソーマ（Soma）は迅く、広大なる真理（ṛtáṃ bṛhát）のまわりをめぐり、浄めの濾し器（pavitra）を通って流れる。障りの力と守護の魔を打ち砕きつつ――彼は神を求むる者（devayú）なれば。
Word by Word
परिaround, all around
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सोमःSoma (the pressed/flowing sacred drink)
सोमः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतम्ṛta; cosmic order, truth, rightness
ऋतम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहत्great, lofty
बृहत्:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
आशुःswift
आशुः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआशु (प्रातिपदिक)
पवित्रेin/through the filter (pavitra)
पवित्रे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्षतिflows, rushes
अर्षति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootऋष् (धातु) / अर्ष् (वैदिक-रूप)
विघ्नन्striking down, smiting
विघ्नन्:
कर्तृ (सहक्रिया)
TypeParticiple
Rootविघ्नत् (कृदन्त; √हन्)
रक्षांसिdemonic beings/evil spirits (rakṣases)
रक्षांसि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
देवयुःgod-seeking, devoted to the gods
देवयुः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदेवयु (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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