Rig Veda 9.59.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 59, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.59

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवमान स्वर्विदो जायमानोऽभवो महान् । इन्दो विश्वाँ अभीदसि ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.59.4

Transliteration

páv amāna svàrvido jā́yamāno 'bhavo mahā́n | índo víśvāṃ abhiíd asi ||

Translation

ໂອ ຜູ້ຊຳລະບໍລິສຸດ, ຜູ້ຄົ້ນພົບໂລກຂອງດວງຕາເວັນ, ເມື່ອເກີດມາເຈົ້າໄດ້ກາຍເປັນຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່; ໂອ ອິນທູ, ເຈົ້າກົດຂີ່ງ ແລະ ເປັນໃຫຍ່ເຫນືອທຸກພະລັງຈາກທຸກທິດ.

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Word by Word

• पवमानः: purifying, flowing (Soma)
• पवमानः: कर्तृ (of अभवः)
• Type: Adjective (epithet of Soma)
• Root: पवमान- (पु √pū ‘to purify’ > पवते; kṛdanta: शतृ/शानच्)

• स्वर्विदः: finder/winner of heaven (light)
• स्वर्विदः: कर्तृ (apposition to पवमानः)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: स्वर्- + विद् (√विद् ‘to know/find’); prātipadika: स्वर्विद्

• जायमानः: being born, coming into being
• जायमानः: कर्तृ (apposition to पवमानः)
• Type: Adjective (participial epithet)
• Root: जायमान- (√जन् ‘to be born’ > जायते; kṛdanta: शतृ/शानच्)

• अभवः: you became / you were
• अभवः: क्रिया (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू ‘to be, become’

• महान्: great
• महान्: कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (predicate adjective with अभवः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्- (adj. stem)

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma)
• इन्दो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्दु- (Soma)

• विश्वान्: all (of them)
• विश्वान्: कर्म (of अभीदसि)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively with implied ‘enemies/foes’)
• Root: विश्व- (adj. ‘all’)

• अभीदसि: you cleave/smite
• अभीदसि: क्रिया (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भीद्/√भिद् (Vedic: ‘to split, cleave, pierce’; here ‘to smite/cleave’)