Rig Veda 9.34.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 34, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.34
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu, the purified Soma)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र सुवानो धारया तनेन्दुर्हिन्वानो अर्षति । रुजद्दृळ्हा व्योजसा ॥
Transliteration
prá suvānáḥ dhā́rayā tánā índur hinvānáḥ arṣati | rujád dṛḷhā́ ví ójasā ||
Translation
నలిపి పిండిన ఇండు (సోమ) ధారగా నిరంతరం ప్రవహిస్తుంది; ప్రేరితుడై అతడు ప్రవహిస్తాడు—తన బలంతో కఠినమైన అడ్డంకులను ఛేదిస్తాడు.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
सुवानःbeing pressed, pressing forth
सुवानः:
Kartā (with इन्दुः)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√सु (सु- ‘to press/express (Soma)’)
धारयाwith a stream, by the flow
धारया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधारा (prātipadika) < √धृ ‘to hold, flow/stream’
तनाcontinually, along, in a stretched course
तना:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतना (avyaya) < tan- ‘stretch, extend’
इन्दुःthe Soma-drop (Indu)
इन्दुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (prātipadika)
हिन्वानःbeing impelled, speeding on
हिन्वानः:
Kartā (with इन्दुः)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√हिव्/√हिन्व् (hinv- ‘to set in motion, impel, speed’)
अर्षतिflows, rushes
अर्षति:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√ऋष्/√अर्ष् (arṣ- ‘to flow, rush’)
रुजत्breaking, shattering
रुजत्:
Kartā (with इन्दुः)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√रुज् (ruj- ‘to break, shatter’)
दृळ्हाfirm things, strongholds
दृळ्हा:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootदृळ्ह (prātipadika) < √दृंह्/√दृढ् ‘to make firm’
विapart, asunder
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (upasarga)
ओजसाwith strength, by might
ओजसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (prātipadika)
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