Rig Veda 9.60.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 60, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.60
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Gāyatrī (explicitly invoked; the verse is a gāyatrī-style invocation though full metrical verification is not provided here)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तं त्वा सहस्रचक्षसमथो सहस्रभर्णसम् । अति वारमपाविषुः ॥
Transliteration
táṃ tvā sahásracakṣasam átho sahásrabharṇasam | áti vā́ram apāviṣuḥ ||
Translation
நீ—சஹஸ்ர-சக்ஷு, மேலும் சஹஸ்ர-பரண (ஆயிரம் வல்லமைகளைத் தாங்குபவன்)—உன்னை அவர்கள் வடிகட்டியில் ஊடாகத் தூய்மைப்படுத்தினர்; பிரிப்பின் சலனியைத் தாண்டி.
Word by Word
तम्him/that (one)
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रचक्षसम्thousand-eyed; having a thousand eyes
सहस्रचक्षसम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-चक्षस् (बहुव्रीहि-समास; प्रातिपदिक)
अथोand also; moreover
अथो:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ + उ (निपात-संयोग)
सहस्रभर्णसम्having a thousand supports/bearings; thousand-fold sustaining
सहस्रभर्णसम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-भर्णस (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास; प्रातिपदिक)
अतिover; beyond
अति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वारम्enclosure; covering; (protective) barrier
वारम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवार (प्रातिपदिक)
अपाविषुःthey entered/opened up (made a way through)
अपाविषुः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√विś (विश्) ‘to enter’ with preverb अप- (अप + आ + √विश्)
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