Rig Veda 9.62.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 62, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.62

Rishi: Soma-Pavamāna seer-family; exact attribution needs anukramaṇī verification

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विघ्नन्तो दुरिता पुरु सुगा तोकाय वाजिनः । तना कृण्वन्तो अर्वते ॥

Transliteration

vighnánto duritā́ purú sugā́ tokā́ya vājínaḥ | tánā kṛṇvánto árvate ||

Translation

難路と邪なる歩みを打ち砕き、これら豊饒をもたらす者は、魂の子のために多くの善き道を拓く。旅する力の駿馬のために、進展の連なりを築きたもう。

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• विघ्नन्तः: obstructing, smiting
• विघ्नन्तः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक; √विघ्न/विघ्न् ‘to obstruct, break’ > ‘obstructing’)

• दुरितानि: misfortunes, sins, troubles
• दुरितानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरित (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरु: much, many, greatly
• पुरु: विशेषण (क्रियाविशेषण) / कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial)
• Root: पुरु (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुगा: easy (to go), good-going
• सुगा: विशेष्य-विशेषण (पथ/गतिः इत्यर्थे निहितम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-ग (प्रातिपदिक; सु + √गम्/ग ‘to go’ > ‘easy-going’)

• तोकाय: for the offspring, for the child
• तोकाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजिनः: the prize-winners / swift ones
• वाजिनः: कर्तृ (विघ्नन्तः इत्यस्य सहविशेष्यः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तना: continuously, in succession
• तना: विशेषण (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तना (अव्यय; ‘by extension, in due course, continuously’)

• कृण्वन्तः: making, producing
• कृण्वन्तः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• अर्वते: for the steed (horse)
• अर्वते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्वत् (प्रातिपदिक ‘steed, horse’)