Rig Veda 9.70.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 70, Mantra 7

Sukta 9.70

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

रुवति भीमो वृषभस्तविष्यया शृङ्गे शिशानो हरिणी विचक्षणः । आ योनिं सोमः सुकृतं नि षीदति गव्ययी त्वग्भवति निर्णिगव्ययी ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.70.7

Transliteration

ruvátī bhīmó vṛṣabhás taviṣyáyā śṛ́ṅge śíśāno háriṇī vi-cákṣaṇaḥ | ā́ yóniṃ sómaḥ su-kṛ́taṃ ní ṣīdati gavyáyī tvág bhavati nirṇíg gavyáyī ||

Translation

Roaring, formidable, the bull sharpens his horns with might, the tawny one of wide vision. Soma sits down into the well-made womb; a cow-born skin becomes his shining garment, cow-born his radiant robe.

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Word by Word

• रुवति: roars, resounds
• रुवति: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रु (धातु)

• भीमः: terrible, awe-inspiring
• भीमः: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण कर्तृसम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषभः: the bull (Soma)
• वृषभः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तविष्यया: with might, by strength
• तविष्यया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तविष्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• शृङ्गे: (his) two horns
• शृङ्गे: Karma (शिशानो इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• शिशानः: sharpening, whetting
• शिशानः: Kartā (वृषभस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: शिश्/शि (धातु; तीक्ष्णीकरणे/शाणने) → शिशान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• हरिणी: the two tawny (horns)
• हरिणी: Karma (शिशानः इत्यस्य; शृङ्गे इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• विचक्षणः: clear-sighted, discerning
• विचक्षणः: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-चक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: to, toward
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• योनिम्: womb; seat; source
• योनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुकृतम्: well-made, well-prepared
• सुकृतम्: Karma (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-कृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down; in; into
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• षीदति: sits down, settles
• षीदति: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) + नि

• गव्ययी: bovine; made of/pertaining to cattle (i.e., of cowhide)
• गव्ययी: Kartā (त्वक् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गव्यय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘गव्यम्’/‘गो-सम्बन्धि’)

• त्वक्: skin, hide
• त्वक्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच्/त्वक् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• निर्णिक्: outer covering, garment, sheen/vesture
• निर्णिक्: Kartā (भवति इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्-णिज्/णिज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘आवरण/वस्त्र/परिधान’ अर्थे)

• गव्ययी: bovine; of cowhide (as covering)
• गव्ययी: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)