Rig Veda 9.71.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 71, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.71
Rishi: Soma-Pavamāna tradition (Book 9); specific attribution varies by Anukramaṇī.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna.
Chandas: Likely Jagatī (to be metrically confirmed).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र कृष्टिहेव शूष एति रोरुवदसुर्यं वर्णं नि रिणीते अस्य तम् । जहाति वव्रिं पितुरेति निष्कृतमुपप्रुतं कृणुते निर्णिजं तना ॥
Transliteration
prá kṛṣṭihéva śūṣá eti rórūvad asuryàṁ várṇaṁ ní riṇīte asya tám | jahā́ti vavrím pitúr eti niṣkṛtám upaprútam kṛṇute nirṇíjaṁ tánā ||
Translation
彼は前へ進む、駆り立てる力をもって、民のために野を勝ち取る者のように。轟く声とともに、彼にまとわりつくアスラの色――闇を剥ぎ取る。包む鞘を捨て、父（Pitar）の備えた住まいへと赴き、自らの本性によって浄めの光衣を自分のために作り出す。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
कृष्टि-हाslayer/overcomer of the peoples (or: of cultivated lands)
कृष्टि-हा:
Kartā
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootकृष्टि (prātipadika) + हन् (dhātu)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
शूषःimpetuosity, vigor
शूषः:
Kartā (apposition to implied Soma/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootशूष (prātipadika)
एतिgoes, advances
एति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु: इ/ए ‘to go’)
रोरुवत्roaring, loudly-sounding
रोरुवत्:
—
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootरु (धातु ‘to roar/cry’)
असुर्यम्non-solar, sunless; demonic
असुर्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअसुर्य (prātipadika)
वर्णम्color, appearance
वर्णम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ण (prātipadika)
निdown, away, into
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga)
रिणीतेstrips off, removes
रिणीते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootरी/रि (धातु ‘to flow/let go’; Vedic: ‘to remove/strip off’)
अस्यof him/it
अस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāman)
तम्that (one/that thing)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāman)
जहातिleaves, abandons
जहाति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहा (धातु ‘to leave, abandon’)
वव्रिम्covering, veil; enclosure
वव्रिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवव्रि (prātipadika)
पितुःof the father
पितुः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (prātipadika)
एतिgoes
एति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु: इ/ए ‘to go’)
निष्कृतम्made ready; brought out; prepared
निष्कृतम्:
Karma/Goal (as object of motion)
TypeAdjective (PPP)
Rootनिष्-√कृ (धातु ‘to make, do’) → निष्कृत (ppp)
उपtowards, near
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (upasarga)
प्रुतम्sprung forth, leaping; rushing
प्रुतम्:
Karma (qualifier of nirṇijam / or of the action)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रुत (prātipadika; from √पृ/√प्रु ‘to leap/spring’ in Vedic usage)
कृणुतेmakes for himself, fashions
कृणुते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु ‘to make, do’)
निर्णिजम्bright garment, shining covering (radiance)
निर्णिजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्णिज्/निर्णिज (prātipadika)
तनाby extension; along (in a stretched-out way)
तना:
Karaṇa (adverbial means/manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतना
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