Rig Veda 9.74.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 74, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.74

Rishi: Soma-pavamāna seer tradition (Mandala 9); specific attribution varies by Anukramaṇī

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (as aṃśu, the ray)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अरावीदंशुः सचमान ऊर्मिणा देवाव्यं मनुषे पिन्वति त्वचम् । दधाति गर्भमदितेरुपस्थ आ येन तोकं च तनयं च धामहे ॥

Transliteration

arā́vīd aṃśúḥ sácamāna ūrmíṇā devāvyàṃ mánuṣe pinvati tvácam | dádhāti gárbham áditeḥ upástha ā́ yéna tokáṃ ca tánayaṃ ca dhā́mahe ||

Translation

The ray has roared, moving with the wave; it swells for man the god-seeking skin (the outer nature). It places the embryo in the lap of Aditi—by which we may hold the child and the offspring, a founded home in the Infinite.

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Word by Word

• अरा॑वीत्: has roared/sounded forth
• अरा॑वीत्: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रु (धातु) / √रु (रवणे/स्तवने) with preverb आ-

• अं॒शुः: the Soma-ray / Soma (as ‘the beam’)
• अं॒शुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सच॑मानः: accompanying / moving together
• सच॑मानः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: √सच् (समवाये/अनुगमने) ; क्त/शानच्-प्रत्यय (शानच्) वर्तमान कृदन्त

• ऊ॒र्मिणा॑: with a wave / surge
• ऊ॒र्मिणा॑: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवा॒व्यम्: divine, godly
• देवा॒व्यम्: Karma (विशेष्य: त्वचम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवाव्य (प्रातिपदिक) (< देव + अव्य/अव्य- ‘belonging to the gods, divine’)

• मनु॑षे: for the man / for Manu’s descendant (human)
• मनु॑षे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिन्वति: makes swell / invigorates
• पिन्वति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पिव्/√पिन् (प्रीणने/वर्धने) (Vedic: पिन्वति)

• त्वच॑म्: skin; (outer) covering
• त्वच॑म्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधा॑ति: places / sets
• दधा॑ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे/स्थापने)

• गर्भ॑म्: embryo; seed; germ
• गर्भ॑म्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदि॑तेः: of Aditi
• अदि॑तेः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)

• उ॒पस्थे॑: in the lap / in the bosom
• उ॒पस्थे॑: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• येन॑: by which
• येन॑: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तो॒कम्: offspring; child
• तो॒कम्: Karma (of धामहे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• तन॑यम्: son; progeny
• तन॑यम्: Karma (of धामहे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• धाम॑हे: we establish / we obtain / we set up
• धाम॑हे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे/स्थापने) ; Vedic middle ‘धामहे’