Rig Veda 9.63.24: Mandala 9, Sukta 63, Mantra 24
Sukta 9.63
Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seer-poets
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अपघ्नन्पवसे मृधः क्रतुवित्सोम मत्सरः । नुदस्वादेवयुं जनम् ॥
Transliteration
apághnan pavase mṛ́dhaḥ kratuvít soma matsaráḥ | nudasvā́devayuṃ jánam ||
Translation
ఓ సోమా! దాడులను సంహరించేవాడా, నీవు నిన్ను నీవే పవిత్రం చేసుకుంటున్నావు; ఓ క్రతువిత్ (సంకల్పజ్ఞ), మత్సర (ఉల్లాసదాయక)! దేవుని కోరని అదేవయు జనులను దూరం నెట్టు.
Word by Word
अपघ्नन्striking away, removing
अपघ्नन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootअप-हन् (√हन्)
पवसेthou purifiest; thou flowest
पवसे:
Kriyā (main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पवते)
मृधःhostilities, harms
मृधः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमृध् (prātipadika: मृध्/मृध-)
क्रतुवित्knower of sacred resolve/ritual power
क्रतुवित्:
Viśeṣaṇa (of Kartā) / Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇya
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootक्रतु + √विद्
सोमO Soma
सोम:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (prātipadika)
मत्सरःthe exhilarating (one)
मत्सरः:
Kartā (in apposition to implied ‘त्वम्’/Soma) / Viśeṣya
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमत्सर (prātipadika)
नुदस्वdrive away
नुदस्व:
Kriyā (injunctive command)
TypeVerb
Root√नुद्
अदेवयुम्the ungodly, not devoted to the gods
अदेवयुम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-देवयु (prātipadika: देवयु ‘devotee of the gods’ with privative अ-)
जनम्people, folk
जनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजन (prātipadika)
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