Rig Veda 9.75.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 75, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.75

Rishi: Soma-pavamāna seer tradition (Mandala 9)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with solar vastness imagery)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि प्रियाणि पवते चनोहितो नामानि यह्वो अधि येषु वर्धते । आ सूर्यस्य बृहतो बृहन्नधि रथं विष्वञ्चमरुहद्विचक्षणः ॥

Transliteration

abhí priyā́ṇi pavate cánōhito nā́māni yahvó ádhi yéṣu várdhate | ā́ sū́ryasya bṛható bṛhánn ádhi ráthaṃ víṣvañcam aruhad vicakṣaṇáḥ ||

Translation

Ia mengalir menuju perkara-perkara yang dikasihi, ditetapkan bagi kenikmatan; yang meluru itu bertumbuh pada nama-nama (daya-daya ujaran) tempat ia berkembang. Di atas keluasan Surya—Yang Maha Luas—yang berwawasan itu telah menaiki rata yang meresapi segala arah.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, over
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्रियाणि: dear (things), beloved (objects)
• प्रियाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवते: he purifies/flows
• पवते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते) / √पु (to purify, flow)

• चनःहितः: placing/bringing delight (benefit-bestowing)
• चनःहितः: Kartā (as epithet of सोमः)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: चनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + हित (√धा/√हि ‘to place’ → ‘placed, set’)

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यह्वः: the impetuous/active one
• यह्वः: Kartā (as epithet of सोमः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यह्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense with relative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• येषु: in which (among which)
• येषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• वर्धते: he grows, increases
• वर्धते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (to grow, increase)

• आ: towards, up to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहतः: of the great
• बृहतः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहन्: the great one
• बृहन्: Kartā (as epithet of सोमः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: upon
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वञ्चम्: all-turning, going everywhere
• विश्वञ्चम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘going in all directions’)

• अरुहत्: he mounted, ascended
• अरुहत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुह् (to mount, ascend) + अ (augment of imperfect)

• विचक्षणः: the discerning/clear-sighted one
• विचक्षणः: Kartā (as epithet of सोमः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)