Rig Veda 9.60.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 60, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.60

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Gāyatrī (explicitly invoked; the verse is a gāyatrī-style invocation though full metrical verification is not provided here)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तं त्वा सहस्रचक्षसमथो सहस्रभर्णसम् । अति वारमपाविषुः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.60.2

Transliteration

táṃ tvā sahásracakṣasam átho sahásrabharṇasam | áti vā́ram apāviṣuḥ ||

Translation

You—thousand-seeing, and also bearing a thousand powers—have they purified through the strainer, beyond the sieve of separation.

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Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रचक्षसम्: thousand-eyed; having a thousand eyes
• सहस्रचक्षसम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-चक्षस् (बहुव्रीहि-समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• अथो: and also; moreover
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (निपात-संयोग)

• सहस्रभर्णसम्: having a thousand supports/bearings; thousand-fold sustaining
• सहस्रभर्णसम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-भर्णस (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• अति: over; beyond
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वारम्: enclosure; covering; (protective) barrier
• वारम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपाविषुः: they entered/opened up (made a way through)
• अपाविषुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विś (विश्) ‘to enter’ with preverb अप- (अप + आ + √विश्)