Rig Veda 9.78.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 78, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.78
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र राजा वाचं जनयन्नसिष्यददपो वसानो अभि गा इयक्षति । गृभ्णाति रिप्रमविरस्य तान्वा शुद्धो देवानामुप याति निष्कृतम् ॥
Transliteration
prá rājā vā́caṃ janáyann asisyadat apó vásāno abhí gā́ iyakṣati | gṛbhṇā́ti riprám avír asya tā́nvā śuddhó devā́nām úpa yāti niḥkṛtám ||
Translation
王は前へと進み、聖なる言（ヴァーチ）を生み出しつつ、諸水を衣としてまとい、光線へと駆り立てる。彼は汚れをつかみ取り、羊（アヴィ）たる浄め手としてその身により清められ、神々の整えられた供儀の場へと近づく。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
राजाthe king (Soma)
राजा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
वाचम्speech, voice
वाचम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
जनयन्generating, producing
जनयन्:
Kartā (participial, agreeing with राजा)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनयति)
असिष्यत्he set forth / he moved on
असिष्यत्:
Kartā (with राजा)
TypeVerb
Root√सि/स्यन्द्? (Vedic: असिष्यत्, injunctive/aorist-like)
अद्भःfrom the waters
अद्भः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
वसानःclothing himself, wearing
वसानः:
Kartā (participial, agreeing with राजा)
TypeVerb
Root√वस् (वसते)
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (upasarga)
गाःcows (rays/streams)
गाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगो
इयक्षतिhe worships / he offers
इयक्षति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√यज् (यक्षति, Vedic)
गृभ्णातिhe seizes, grasps
गृभ्णाति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√ग्रह्/गृह् (गृभ्णाति, Vedic)
रिप्रम्defilement, impurity
रिप्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरिप्र
अविःthe sheep/ram (i.e., Soma as ‘ram’)
अविः:
Kartā (appositional/epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootअवि
अस्यof him, his
अस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (pronoun)
तान्वाbody, self
तान्वा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतनू
शुद्धःpurified
शुद्धः:
Kartā (predicate/epithet)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुद्ध
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
उपnear, towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (upasarga)
यातिhe goes
याति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√या
निष्कृतम्the purified outlet/straining-place; the cleansing (place)
निष्कृतम्:
Karma/Adhikaraṇa (goal)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootनिष्कृत (from nis-√कृ)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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