Rig Veda 9.75.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 75, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.75
Rishi: Soma-pavamāna seer tradition (Mandala 9)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with solar vastness imagery)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभि प्रियाणि पवते चनोहितो नामानि यह्वो अधि येषु वर्धते । आ सूर्यस्य बृहतो बृहन्नधि रथं विष्वञ्चमरुहद्विचक्षणः ॥
Transliteration
abhí priyā́ṇi pavate cánōhito nā́māni yahvó ádhi yéṣu várdhate | ā́ sū́ryasya bṛható bṛhánn ádhi ráthaṃ víṣvañcam aruhad vicakṣaṇáḥ ||
Translation
彼は愛しきものどもへと流れ、歓喜のために据えられたり。疾き者は諸々の「名」（nāman、言の力）の上において増し育つ。大いなる太陽の広がり——その大いなるもの——の上に、洞察ある者は遍く行きわたる車に乗り上がれり。
Word by Word
अभिtowards, over
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
प्रियाणिdear (things), beloved (objects)
प्रियाणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
पवतेhe purifies/flows
पवते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पवते) / √पु (to purify, flow)
चनःहितःplacing/bringing delight (benefit-bestowing)
चनःहितः:
Kartā (as epithet of सोमः)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootचनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + हित (√धा/√हि ‘to place’ → ‘placed, set’)
नामानिnames
नामानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
यह्वःthe impetuous/active one
यह्वः:
Kartā (as epithet of सोमः)
TypeAdjective
Rootयह्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon, over
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense with relative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
येषुin which (among which)
येषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
वर्धतेhe grows, increases
वर्धते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (to grow, increase)
आtowards, up to
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सूर्यस्यof the Sun
सूर्यस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहतःof the great
बृहतः:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहन्the great one
बृहन्:
Kartā (as epithet of सोमः)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वञ्चम्all-turning, going everywhere
विश्वञ्चम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्वञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘going in all directions’)
अरुहत्he mounted, ascended
अरुहत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√रुह् (to mount, ascend) + अ (augment of imperfect)
विचक्षणःthe discerning/clear-sighted one
विचक्षणः:
Kartā (as epithet of सोमः)
TypeAdjective
Rootविचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
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