Rig Veda 9.94.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 94, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.94
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
द्विता व्यूर्ण्वन्नमृतस्य धाम स्वर्विदे भुवनानि प्रथन्त । धियः पिन्वानाः स्वसरे न गाव ऋतायन्तीरभि वावश्र इन्दुम् ॥
Transliteration
dvitā́ vy ūrṇván amṛ́tasya dhā́ma svaḥ-víde bhúvanāni prathanta | dhíyaḥ pinvānā́ḥ svásare ná gā́va ṛtā́yantīr abhí vāvaśre índum ||
Translation
彼は二重のしかたで、不死（amṛta）の住処をあらわし、天の光（svar）を見出す者のために諸世界を広げる。霊感の思惟（dhī）は、自らの牧場で鳴く牝牛のように満ちふくらみ、ṛta（宇宙の真理秩序）の法に従って進み、明るき滴（Indu）へと押し寄せ、めぐりつつ急ぎ向かう。
Word by Word
द्विताtwice; in two ways
द्विता:
Adhikaraṇa (काल/प्रकार-अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootद्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) → द्विता (अव्यय)
विapart; forth
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
ऊर्ण्वन्unfolding; spreading
ऊर्ण्वन्:
Kartā (सह-कर्तृभावे)
TypeVerb
Root√ऊर्णु (ऊर्णोति/ऊर्णुते ‘to open, spread, unfold’)
अमृतस्यof immortality; of the deathless (nectar)
अमृतस्य:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
धामabode; station; realm
धाम:
Karma (व्यूर्ण्वन्—यत् विस्तीर्यते)
TypeNoun
Rootधामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वर्विदेfor the finder of heaven/light
स्वर्विदे:
Sampradāna (प्रयोजन/लाभार्थ दत्त-भाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वर्विद् (स्वर् + √विद् ‘to know/find’) (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनानिworlds; beings/realms
भुवनानि:
Kartā (प्रथन्त—यत् प्रथते)
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक; √भू ‘to be’)
प्रथन्तthey expand; they spread
प्रथन्त:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√प्रथ् (प्रथते/प्रथन्ति ‘to spread, expand’)
धियःthoughts; insights; hymns
धियः:
Kartā (पिन्वानाः—कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootधि (प्रातिपदिक)
पिन्वानाःimpelling; swelling; being set in motion
पिन्वानाः:
Kartā (धियः—‘impelling/being impelled’)
TypeVerb
Root√पिव्/√पिन् (पिन्वति ‘to swell, set in motion, impel, make abound’)
स्वसरेin the sister (i.e., in the sisterly stream/voice)
स्वसरे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण—‘in/at the sister’)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वसर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sister’)
नlike; as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
गावःcows
गावः:
Kartā (अभि वावश्र—यत् वावश्रे)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतायन्तीःmoving in accord with ṛta; truth-following
ऋतायन्तीः:
Kartā (गावः—विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतायन्त् (ऋत + √या/√इ ‘to go’ → denominative/causative-like ‘to go according to ṛta’)
अभिtowards; unto
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वावश्रthey bellowed; they cried out
वावश्र:
Kriyā (गावः—क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वश्/√वाश् (वाशति/वावशे ‘to bellow/cry, sound’; वेद. पुनरुक्त-परफेक्ट)
इन्दुम्Indu; the Soma (drop)
इन्दुम्:
Karma (अभि वावश्र—यम् प्रति)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; सोमः)
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