Rig Veda 9.97.16: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 16
Sukta 9.97
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
जुष्ट्वी न इन्दो सुपथा सुगान्युरौ पवस्व वरिवांसि कृण्वन् । घनेव विष्वग्दुरितानि विघ्नन्नधि ष्णुना धन्व सानो अव्ये ॥
Transliteration
juṣṭvī́ na indó su-pathā́ su-gā́ny uráu pavasva várivāṃsi kṛṇván | ghanéva víṣvag duritā́ni vi-ghnán ádhi ṣṇúnā dhanva sā́nāv ávye ||
Translation
インドゥ（Indu）よ、われらを嘉し、善き道・行きやすき路をわれらのために整えつつ、広やかに浄め流れよ。打ち槌のごとく、四方の災厄・困難を打ち砕け。羊毛の濾し層の稜において、汝の推進をもって突き進め。
Word by Word
जुष्ट्वीhaving become pleasing; gladly
जुष्ट्वी:
हेतु/पूर्वक्रिया (adverbial qualifier to the main verb पवस्व)
TypeKṛdanta (absolutive/gerund) used adverbially
Rootजुष्ट्वि (कृदन्त; √जुष् ‘to be pleased/approve, to enjoy’)
नःof us; our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation with इन्दो)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
इन्दोO Indu (Soma)
इन्दो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्दु-
सुपथाO (Soma) of good paths
सुपथा:
सम्बोधन (qualifier)
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootसु- + पथ-
सुगानिeasy passages; good goings
सुगानि:
कर्म (with implied ‘make/provide’)
TypeAdjective used substantively
Rootसु- + गा/गमन (प्रातिपदिक: सुग- ‘easy to go’)
उरौin the wide (expanse)
उरौ:
अधिकरण
TypeAdjective (locative)
Rootउरु-
पवस्वpurify yourself; flow forth
पवस्व:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पवते) ‘to purify/flow’
वरिवांसिwide spaces; free scope; room
वरिवांसि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवरिवस्-
कृण्वन्making; producing
कृण्वन्:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (simultaneous action with पवस्व)
TypeParticiple
Root√कृ (करोति/कृणोति) ‘to make’
घनेवlike a club; like a smasher
घनेव:
उपमान (manner of action for विघ्नन्)
TypeNoun + indeclinable simile
Rootघन- + इव
विष्वक्on all sides; everywhere
विष्वक्:
क्रियाविशेषण (directional)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविष्वक् (avyaya) < *viśva-k ‘in all directions’
दुरितानिevils; misfortunes; sins
दुरितानि:
कर्म (object of विघ्नन्)
TypeNoun
Rootदुरित-
विघ्नन्smashing; striking down
विघ्नन्:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (simultaneous action with पवस्व)
TypeParticiple
Root√विघ्न/√हन् with vi- (Vedic usage ‘to smite, shatter, remove obstacles/evils’)
अधिupon; over
अधि:
अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध (upon/over)
TypeIndeclinable (upasarga/preposition)
Rootअधि (preverb/indeclinable)
ष्णुनाwith the strainer; through the sieve
ष्णुना:
करण (instrument of filtering/flowing)
TypeNoun
Rootष्णु- (instrumental; Vedic noun, ‘sieve/strainer’ used in Soma-filtering)
धन्वthe course; the stretch
धन्व:
कर्म/गत्यर्थ-लक्ष्य (what is traversed/extended over)
TypeNoun
Rootधन्वन्/धन्व- ‘expanse, course; bow-like stretch’ (Vedic)
सानःthe crest; the foam/summit
सानः:
कर्तृ/आधार (subject/apposition to Soma: ‘the crest/foam’)
TypeNoun
Rootसान- (from √सो/√सन्? Vedic ‘ridge/height; summit; surface’; also used of Soma ‘crest/foam’)
अव्येon the wool (filter)
अव्ये:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootअव्य- ‘sheep; wool’ (also ‘woolen filter’)
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