Rig Veda 9.27.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 27, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.27

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (offered to Indra and Vāyu)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एष इन्द्राय वायवे स्वर्जित्परि षिच्यते । पवित्रे दक्षसाधनः ॥

Transliteration

eṣá índrāya vāyáve svàrjit pári ṣicyate | pavítre dakṣasā́dhanaḥ ||

Translation

This one is poured around in the purifier for Indra and for Vāyu, a winner of the luminous world, accomplishing power and right skill.

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Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• वायवे: for Vāyu
• वायवे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (prātipadika)

• स्वर्जित्: winning heaven; heaven-conquering
• स्वर्जित्: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: स्वर् + जित् (√जि ‘to conquer’), prātipadika: स्वर्जित्

• परि: around; forth (as preverb with √सिच्)
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: परि (upasarga/avyaya)

• षिच्यते: is poured; is sprinkled
• षिच्यते: कर्म (passive: the subject is the patient)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिच् (सिञ्चति) ‘to pour, sprinkle’

• पवित्रे: in/through the filter (sieve)
• पवित्रे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (prātipadika)

• दक्षसाधनः: accomplishing skill/power; effecting ability
• दक्षसाधनः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective/Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: दक्ष + साधन (from √साध् ‘to accomplish’), prātipadika: दक्षसाधन