Rig Veda 9.7.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 7, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.7

Rishi: unknown (not supplied in input)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: unknown (not supplied in input)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवमानो अभि स्पृधो विशो राजेव सीदति । यदीमृण्वन्ति वेधसः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.7.5

Transliteration

pávamāno abhí spṛ́dho víśo rā́jeva sīdati | yad ī́m ṛṇvánti vedhásaḥ ||

Translation

自らを浄めつつ、彼は諸々の競いを越え、諸民を越えて、王のごとく座す――智ある造り手たち（ヴェーダサḥ）が彼を駆り立て、内において立ち上がらせるとき。

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Word by Word

• पवमानः: the purifying (Soma), as he flows
• पवमानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: पवमान- (√पू ‘to purify/cleanse’, present participle middle)

• अभि: towards, against
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (upasarga/preverb)

• स्पृधः: rivals/hostile (ones)
• स्पृधः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पृध्- (f.) ‘rivalry, hostility; rival’

• विशः: the clans/peoples
• विशः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्- (f.) ‘clan, people, settlement’

• राजा: a king
• राजा: कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्तृ in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्- (m.) ‘king’

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सीदति: sits/settles (down), takes his seat
• सीदति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् ‘to sit, settle, take a seat’

• यदा: when
• यदा: —
• Type: Indeclinable (conjunction)
• Root: यदा

• ईम्: him (enclitic: ‘him/this one’)
• ईम्: कर्म (enclitic object ‘him’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ईम् (enclitic particle/pronounial adverb)

• ऋण्वन्ति: they set (him) in motion / impel
• ऋण्वन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋ ‘to go, move, set in motion’ (Vedic: ‘to impel/urge, set going’)

• वेधसः: the inspired ones/priests
• वेधसः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस्- (m.) ‘wise one, inspired priest; arranger’