Rig Veda 9.7.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 7, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.7
Rishi: unknown (not supplied in input)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: unknown (not supplied in input)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परि यत्काव्या कविर्नृम्णा वसानो अर्षति । स्वर्वाजी सिषासति ॥
Transliteration
pári yát kā́vyā kavír nṛ́mṇā vásāno árṣati | svàr-vājī sisāsati ||
Translation
जेव्हा कवी-ऋषी नृम्ण (बल-तेज) ने आवृत होऊन काव्य-प्रेरणेसह सर्वत्र प्रवाहित होतो, तेव्हा तो स्वर्वाजी—स्वर् (सूर्य-लोक) जिंकणारा व पूर्णतेचा धारक—शक्तींना साधून सिद्ध करण्याची इच्छा करतो.
Word by Word
परिaround; forth
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (upasarga) / pari (indecl.)
यत्which (that)
यत्:
Kartā (of अर्षति)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-stem) / relative pronoun
काव्याःthe poetic (powers/insights); the inspired (ones)
काव्याः:
Kartā (of सिषासति) (collective subject)
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun
Rootकाव्य (adj./n. from कवि)
कविःthe seer; poet
कविः:
Kartā (apposition to यत्) (of अर्षति)
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (prātipadika)
नृम्णाwith manly power; with heroic might
नृम्णा:
Karaṇa (means) (with वसानः)
TypeNoun
Rootनृम्ण (prātipadika)
वसानःwearing; clothed (in)
वसानः:
Kartā (descriptive of subject) / Karaṇa-sambandha
TypeParticiple
Root√वस् (वस्—‘to clothe, wear’)
अर्षतिstreams; rushes; flows
अर्षति:
Kriyā (main verb); subject = यत्/कविः
TypeVerb
Root√ऋष्/अर्ष् (Vedic: ‘to flow, rush, stream’)
स्वर्वाजीheaven-winning; possessing radiant strength/prize
स्वर्वाजी:
Kartā (descriptive epithet of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वर् + वाजिन् (compound: ‘having light/heaven’ + ‘having prize/strength’)
सिषासतिdesires to impel/command; seeks to set in motion
सिषासति:
Kriyā (secondary verb); subject = काव्याः (or the same subject in poetic apposition)
TypeVerb
Root√शास् (to instruct/impel/command) with desiderative formation (siṣās-)
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