Rig Veda 9.64.19: Mandala 9, Sukta 64, Mantra 19

Sukta 9.64

Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input (Soma Pavamāna tradition for RV 9.64)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with vahni-function imagery)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मिमाति वह्निरेतशः पदं युजान ऋक्वभिः । प्र यत्समुद्र आहितः ॥

Transliteration

mímāti váhnir étaśaḥ padáṃ yujāná ṛkvá-bhiḥ | prá yát samudrá ā́hitaḥ ||

Translation

迅き運び手は道を量り定め、リシたちの讃歌とみずからを軛して結ぶ。大海のごとき広がりへと据え置かれるときに。

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• मिमाति: measures / metes out
• मिमाति: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मा (माने/मितौ ‘to measure’)

• वह्निः: the bearer/fire (Agni-like), the impeller
• वह्निः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि- (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘carrier, fire, impeller’)

• एतशः: swift (one)
• एतशः: कर्तृ (वह्निः-समनाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: एतश- (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘swift, rushing’; also a name of a swift steed)

• पदम्: the step/track; place
• पदम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद- (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘step, track, place’)

• युजानः: yoking / harnessing
• युजानः: कर्तृ (वह्निः-समनाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √युज् (योजने ‘to yoke, join’)

• ऋक्वभिः: with the praisers / with the ṛc-singers
• ऋक्वभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्वन्- (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘praiser, singer of ṛc’)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: (क्रिया-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• यत्: when / that which
• यत्: (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय) —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्)

• समुद्रः: the ocean
• समुद्रः: कर्तृ (आहितः इति सह — ‘समुद्रः आहितः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र- (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘ocean, sea’)

• आहितः: placed, set, deposited
• आहितः: (कर्तृ-समनाधिकरणम्; भावे/कर्मणि) —
• Type: Past participle
• Root: √धा (धारणे ‘to place’) + आ- (उपसर्ग); क्त-प्रत्ययः