Rig Veda 9.33.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 33, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.33

Rishi: Soma-Pavamāna seer tradition (exact rishi uncertain in provided input).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with Ṛta-mothers/waters as supporting powers).

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (needs verification).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि ब्रह्मीरनूषत यह्वीॠतस्य मातरः । मर्मृज्यन्ते दिवः शिशुम् ॥

Transliteration

abhí brahmī́r anūṣata yahvī́r ṛtásya mātáraḥ | marmṛ́jyante diváḥ śíśum ||

Translation

The sacred utterances press toward him in praise; the mighty Mothers of Ṛta cleanse and polish the Child of Heaven.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, unto, over
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa (directional/relational) / Upasarga to verb
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ब्रह्मीः: the sacred utterances / hymns (as feminine ‘brahmīḥ’)
• ब्रह्मीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मी- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ब्रह्मन्’ से स्त्रीलिङ्ग रूप)

• अनूषत: they uttered / they have sung forth
• अनूषत: Kriyā (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्/उच् (Vedic: √वच् ‘to speak, utter’; aorist formation अनूषत)

• यह्वीः: swift, impetuous (fem. pl.)
• यह्वीः: Kartā (as qualifier of मातरः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यह्वी- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मातरः: mothers
• मातरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मर्मृज्यन्ते: they cleanse themselves / they are being purified
• मर्मृज्यन्ते: Kriyā (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृज् (√मृज् ‘to wipe, cleanse, polish’ with intensive/reduplicated stem मर्मृज्)

• दिवः: of heaven / of the sky
• दिवः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक ‘दिव्/द्यौ’)

• शिशुम्: the child (young one)
• शिशुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशु- (प्रातिपदिक)