Rig Veda 9.60.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 60, Mantra 3
Sukta 9.60
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with explicit linkage to Indra)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (explicitly invoked; the verse is a gāyatrī-style invocation though full metrical verification is not provided here)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अति वारान्पवमानो असिष्यदत्कलशाँ अभि धावति । इन्द्रस्य हार्द्याविशन् ॥
Transliteration
áti vārā́n páv amāno asisyadat kalaśā́ṃ abhi dhā́vati | índrasya hā́rdyā́viśan ||
Translation
పవమానుడై అతడు వడపోతలను దాటి వేగంగా దూసుకెళ్లాడు; కలశాల వైపు పరుగెత్తి, ఇంద్రుని హృదయంలో ప్రవేశిస్తున్నాడు.
Word by Word
अतिover, beyond
अति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वारान्streams (of liquid), flows
वारान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवार (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वार’ = जल/तरंग/प्रवाह/वृष्टि-धारा; सोम-प्रवाहे प्रयुज्यते)
पवमानःthe purifying one (Soma)
पवमानः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पू/पु ‘पवते’ = शुद्धौ/प्रवाहे; वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
असिष्यदत्flowed, streamed
असिष्यदत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√स्यन्द् (स्यन्दते/स्यन्दति) ‘to flow, stream’ (वेदिक्: सि-प्रत्यय/आगमयुक्त रूप)
कलशान्jars, vessels
कलशान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकलश (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards, onto
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
धावतिrushes, runs
धावति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√धाव् (धावति) ‘to run, rush, stream’
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
हार्द्यानिheart(-places), hearts; the heart’s (recesses)
हार्द्यानि:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective (substantivized)
Rootहार्द्य (प्रातिपदिक; हृद्-सम्बन्धि ‘of the heart, heartfelt’)
विशन्entering
विशन्:
Kartā (participial, agreeing with subject)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√विश् (विशति) ‘to enter’
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