Rig Veda 9.70.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 70, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.70
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स मृज्यमानो दशभिः सुकर्मभिः प्र मध्यमासु मातृषु प्रमे सचा । व्रतानि पानो अमृतस्य चारुण उभे नृचक्षा अनु पश्यते विशौ ॥
Transliteration
sá mṛjyámāno daśábhiḥ su-kármabhiḥ prá madhyamā́su mātṛ́ṣu pra-mé sácā | vratā́ni pā́no amṛ́tasya cā́ruṇa ubhé nṛ-cákṣā ánu paśyate víśau ||
Translation
彼は十の善きはたらきによって浄められ、前へ進む測りのうちに、中ほどの母たちとともに進む。麗しき不死（アムリタ）を飲み、人を見通す眼をもって、両方の民（両界）を見わたす。
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मृज्यमानःbeing purified/cleansed
मृज्यमानः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्) / कर्मणि-भावः
TypeParticiple (Passive) / Adjective
Rootमृज् (धातु) → मृज्यमान (शानच्)
दशभिःwith ten
दशभिः:
करण
TypeNumeral
Rootदशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
सुकर्मभिःwith good deeds/rites
सुकर्मभिः:
करण
TypeNoun (compound) / Adjective used substantively
Rootसु-कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
मध्यमासुin the middle (stages/places)
मध्यमासु:
अधिकरण
TypeAdjective used locatively (elliptic noun)
Rootमध्यम (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + आसु (स्त्री. ‘आ’/‘अस्’ इत्यस्य लोक. बहु.?) → ‘मध्यमासु’ (समास/पदबन्ध)
मातृषुamong the mothers
मातृषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रमेforth/indeed; (or) ‘for me’ (if read प्र + मे)
प्रमे:
—
TypeIndeclinable (Vedic particle) / unclear segmentation
Rootप्र + मा (धातु) → प्रमे (वेद. अव्यय/निपात-रूप; ‘प्रमे’ = ‘प्र + मे’ इति पदच्छेदे ‘मे’ = मयि/मम न)
सचाtogether with, in company
सचा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसच्/सच (अव्यय; ‘सचा’ = सह)
व्रतानिvows/ordinances/ritual observances
व्रतानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
पानःdrinking; the drinker
पानः:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple/Noun (agentive)
Rootपा (धातु) → पान (कृदन्त; ‘पानः’ = शानच्/घञ्-प्रायः ‘drinking’/‘drinker’)
अमृतस्यof immortality / of the nectar
अमृतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
चारुणःbeautiful, pleasing
चारुणः:
सम्बन्ध / विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootचारु (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
उभेboth
उभे:
कर्म
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
नृचक्षाhaving men as observers; man-seeing
नृचक्षा:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootनृ-चक्षस् (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय; ‘having men as witnesses/seeing men’)
अनुafter, along, in accordance
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पश्यतेhe sees
पश्यते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपश् (धातु)
विशौthe two peoples/clans
विशौ:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (प्रातिपदिक)
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.
