Rig Veda 9.65.23: Mandala 9, Sukta 65, Mantra 23

Sukta 9.65

Rishi: Ascribed to Soma Pavamāna seers (Mandala 9).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma; also a host of Soma-streams/powers)

Chandas: Likely Jagatī (not metrically verified from input).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

य आर्जीकेषु कृत्वसु ये मध्ये पस्त्यानाम् । ये वा जनेषु पञ्चसु ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.65.23

Transliteration

yá ārjīkéṣu kṛ́tvasu yé mádhye pastyā́nām | yé vā́ jáneṣu pañcá-su ||

Translation

Those (Soma-powers) who are active in the radiant fields of right-impulse, those who stand in the midst of the dwelling-planes of our being, those also who move among the fivefold peoples (the five orders of our nature)—may they become present to us as the inner helpers.

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• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आर्जीकेषु: among the Ārjīkas (in the Ārjīka people/region)
• आर्जीकेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: आर्जीक (प्रातिपदिक; जाति/देश-नाम)

• कृत्वसु: in (their) deeds/works
• कृत्वसु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्वस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कृत्’ से, ‘कृत्य/कर्म’ भाव)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मध्ये: in the middle/among
• मध्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable (locative adverb) / Noun-form
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) / मध्ये (अव्यय-रूप)

• पस्त्यानाम्: of the dwellings/homesteads
• पस्त्यानाम्: Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or/indeed
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• जनेषु: among the peoples/men
• जनेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• पञ्चसु: among the five (tribes/peoples)
• पञ्चसु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Numeral (Adjectival) / Noun-like
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)