Rig Veda 9.98.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 98, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.98
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परि ष्य सुवानो अव्ययं रथे न वर्माव्यत । इन्दुरभि द्रुणा हितो हियानो धाराभिरक्षाः ॥
Transliteration
pári ṣyá suvāná avyáyaṃ ráthe ná vármāvyata | índur abhí drū́ṇā hitó hiyānó dhā́rābhir akṣāḥ ||
Translation
Being pressed, he wraps himself in the woolen covering like armor upon a chariot; Indu, set upon the wooden vats, hastens and streams out in his currents.
Word by Word
परिaround, all around
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्यindeed, just, now (enclitic particle)
स्य:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्य (एन्क्लिटिक/निपात; RV-पदपाठे ‘ष्य’)
सुवानःbeing pressed/flowing forth (as Soma)
सुवानः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√सु (सु- ‘to press/express Soma’)
अव्ययम्imperishable, undecaying
अव्ययम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
रथेon/in a chariot
रथे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
वर्मarmor, protective covering
वर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
आव्यतwrapped/covered (itself), clothed
आव्यत:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√वे/√वी (वे ‘to weave, cover, wrap’; RV: आव्यत)
इन्दुःthe drop (Soma), Soma
इन्दुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
द्रुणाwith/into the wooden (vessel), into the trough
द्रुणा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्रु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wood, wooden vessel/trough’)
हितःplaced, set
हितः:
Kartā (as predicate of इन्दुः) / Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धि/धा ‘to place’) → हित (कृदन्त)
हियानःhastening, speeding
हियानः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√हि/√ह्यै (Vedic ‘to impel, hasten, go swiftly’) → हियान (कृदन्त)
धाराभिःwith streams
धाराभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधारा (प्रातिपदिक)
अक्षाःaxles (of the chariot)
अक्षाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Root√अश्/√अक्ष् (अक्ष् ‘to reach/attain’; here noun ‘axle/axis’ from अक्ष) / or अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक ‘axle’)
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