Rig Veda 9.17.2 — Mandala 9, Sukta 17, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.17
Rishi: Kāṇva (general)
Devata: Indra (as the receiver of Soma)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभि सुवानास इन्दवो वृष्टयः पृथिवीमिव । इन्द्रं सोमासो अक्षरन् ॥
Transliteration
abhí suvānā́sa índavo vṛ́ṣṭayaḥ pṛthivī́miva | índraṃ sómāso akṣaran ||
Translation
അഭിഷുത സോമബിന്ദുക്കൾ ഭൂമിയിലേക്കു മഴപെയ്യുന്നതുപോലെ ഇന്ദ്രനിലേക്കു ഒഴുകുന്നു; സോമങ്ങൾ ഇന്ദ്രനിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു ഒഴുകുന്നു.
Word by Word
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
Adhikaraṇa (directional/goal adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सुवानासःbeing pressed (out)
सुवानासः:
Kartā (with इन्दवः)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√सु (सुनोति ‘to press/extract’) → सुवान (PPP/कृदन्त) + -as (प्रथमा बहुवचन)
इन्दवःdrops (of Soma)
इन्दवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
वृष्टयःrains, showers
वृष्टयः:
Kartā (उपमान/रूपक—‘like rains’)
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथिवीम्the earth
पृथिवीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
(simile marker; no kāraka)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात/अव्यय)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमासःSoma (juices)
सोमासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
अक्षरन्flowed, streamed
अक्षरन्:
(verbal predicate; governs Kartā=सोमासः, Karma=इन्द्रम्)
TypeVerb
Root√क्षर् (क्षरति ‘to flow, stream’)
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