Rig Veda 9.65.23: Mandala 9, Sukta 65, Mantra 23
Sukta 9.65
Rishi: Ascribed to Soma Pavamāna seers (Mandala 9).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma; also a host of Soma-streams/powers)
Chandas: Likely Jagatī (not metrically verified from input).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
य आर्जीकेषु कृत्वसु ये मध्ये पस्त्यानाम् । ये वा जनेषु पञ्चसु ॥
Transliteration
yá ārjīkéṣu kṛ́tvasu yé mádhye pastyā́nām | yé vā́ jáneṣu pañcá-su ||
Translation
アルジーカ（ārjīka）の輝ける野において正しき衝動の働きをなす者たち、われらの存在の住処（パスティヤー）の諸層のただ中に立つ者たち、また五つの民（pañca-jana）のあいだを行き交う者たち――願わくは彼ら、内なる助け手としてわれらに現前せよ。
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आर्जीकेषुamong the Ārjīkas (in the Ārjīka people/region)
आर्जीकेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootआर्जीक (प्रातिपदिक; जाति/देश-नाम)
कृत्वसुin (their) deeds/works
कृत्वसु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्वस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कृत्’ से, ‘कृत्य/कर्म’ भाव)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मध्येin the middle/among
मध्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (locative adverb) / Noun-form
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक) / मध्ये (अव्यय-रूप)
पस्त्यानाम्of the dwellings/homesteads
पस्त्यानाम्:
Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाor/indeed
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
जनेषुamong the peoples/men
जनेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
पञ्चसुamong the five (tribes/peoples)
पञ्चसु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNumeral (Adjectival) / Noun-like
Rootपञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
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