Rig Veda 9.9.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 9, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.9
Devata: Soma (Pavamāna)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परि प्रिया दिवः कविर्वयांसि नप्त्योर्हितः । सुवानो याति कविक्रतुः ॥
Transliteration
pári priyā́ diváḥ kavír vayā́ṃsi naptyór hitáḥ | suvānó yāti kavíkratúḥ ||
Translation
Em torno das formas amadas do céu move-se o vidente, estabelecido nos dois domínios afins; espremido, ele avança, aquele cuja vontade é o poder inspirado do poeta.
Word by Word
परिaround, all around
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (upasarga/avyaya)
प्रियाdear, beloved
प्रिया:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय (prātipadika)
दिवःof heaven, of the sky
दिवः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (prātipadika ‘div’)
कविःthe seer/poet (Soma)
कविः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (prātipadika)
वयांसिbirds (lit. ‘winged ones’)
वयांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवयस् (prātipadika)
नप्त्योःof the two grandsons/descendants
नप्त्योः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootनप्त्य (prātipadika)
हितःplaced, set, stationed
हितः:
Kartā (as predicate to the subject)
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootधा (dhātu) → हित (PPP)
सुवानःbeing pressed/expressed (as Soma)
सुवानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootसु (dhātu ‘to press/produce Soma’) → सुवान (pres. mid. ptcp.)
यातिgoes, moves
याति:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootया (dhātu)
कविक्रतुःthe one of seer-like will/insight (Soma)
कविक्रतुः:
Kartā (apposition to ‘कविः’)
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootकवि-क्रतु (compound prātipadika)
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