Rig Veda 9.14.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 14, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.14
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
गिरा यदी सबन्धवः पञ्च व्राता अपस्यवः । परिष्कृण्वन्ति धर्णसिम् ॥
Transliteration
girā́ yadī́ sávandhavaḥ páñca vrā́tā apasyávaḥ | paríṣkṛṇvanti dharṇasím ||
Translation
เมื่อด้วยวาจาอันสว่างไสว (girá) หมู่ทั้งห้าที่ผูกพันเป็นสหาย—ผู้กระทำพิธี—โอบล้อมขัดเกลาและชำระพลังอันค้ำจุน (dhárṇasim) พวกเขาจัดเตรียมพลังแห่งโสมะ (Soma) ให้รับไว้ได้โดยชอบธรรม
Word by Word
गिराby/with a hymn, by praise
गिरा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) < √गॄ/गॢ (गीरणे/स्तुतौ) (निरुक्त-परम्परा)
यदीwhen/if
यदी:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय) + इति (निपात) → यदी (वैदिक रूप)
सबन्धवःhaving companions/kinsmen; with allies
सबन्धवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (used adjectivally)
Rootस-बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक: बन्धु ‘kinsman/ally’ + स- ‘with, having’)
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
—
TypeNumeral
Rootपञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
व्राताःbands, companies, troops
व्राताः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootव्रात (प्रातिपदिक)
अपस्यवःactive, industrious, skillful in work
अपस्यवः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootअपस्/अपस्यु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कार्यशील/कर्मकुशल’)
परिष्कृण्वन्तिthey prepare/arrange, they make ready (all around)
परिष्कृण्वन्ति:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-√कृ (करणे) (वैदिक: कृण्वति-प्रयोग)
धर्णसिम्the support/strength; sustaining power
धर्णसिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootधर्णसि (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक नपुंसक/पुं-प्रयोग; ‘धारण-शक्ति/आधार/समर्थ्य’)
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.
