Rig Veda 9.88.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 88, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.88
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स ईं रथो न भुरिषाळयोजि महः पुरूणि सातये वसूनि । आदीं विश्वा नहुष्याणि जाता स्वर्षाता वन ऊर्ध्वा नवन्त ॥
Transliteration
sá īṃ rátho na bhuríṣāḷ ayoji máhaḥ purū́ṇi sātáye vásūni | ād īṃ víśvā nahuṣyā́ṇi jātā́ svaḥ-sātā váne ūrdhvā́ návanta ||
Translation
彼は、豊かな力をもつ戦車のように軛をかけられ、多くの大いなる存在の富を勝ち取るためにある。すると、ナフシャに生まれた、すでに生じ来たすべての諸力は、光において勝利し、成長の森にて上方へと身をかがめる。
Word by Word
सःhe (that one)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ईम्indeed; just; him
ईम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootईम् (निपात)
रथःchariot
रथः:
Kartā (उपमान-कर्तृ) / Predicative
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike; as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
भुरिषाळयोजिwas yoked (with much-strength/abundant force)
भुरिषाळयोजि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (धातु) + भुरि-षाळ (उपपद/विशेषण-समास)
महःof the great (one); mighty
महः:
Sambandha (genitive qualifier)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक) / महस् (नपुंसक)
पुरूणिmany
पुरूणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
सातयेfor winning; for gaining
सातये:
Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
TypeNoun
Rootसाति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘winning, gaining’)
वसूनिgoods; riches
वसूनि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
आत्then; from thereupon
आत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआत् (निपात)
ईम्indeed; him
ईम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootईम् (निपात)
विश्वाall
विश्वा:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
नहुष्याणिNahusha’s (tribes/peoples); Nahushyan
नहुष्याणि:
Karma (apposition to विश्वा)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootनहुष्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Nahusha-related/descendants of Nahusha’)
जातानिborn; produced
जातानि:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeParticiple
Rootजन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त, भूतकृत)
स्वर्षाताwinner of heaven/light
स्वर्षाता:
Kartā (epithet of सः)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootस्वर् + साता (प्रातिपदिक; ‘winning of sun/light/heaven’)
वनेin the wood; in the forest
वने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊर्ध्वाःupright; raised
ऊर्ध्वाः:
Kartā (of नवन्त)
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike; as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
नवन्तthey bow; they bend
नवन्त:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootनु/नव् (धातु; ‘to bow, bend’)
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