Rig Veda 9.62.11: Mandala 9, Sukta 62, Mantra 11

Sukta 9.62

Rishi: Traditionally attributed to a Soma-Pavamāna seer-family (often Kāśyapa/Āṅgirasa lineages in Book 9); exact r̥ṣi for 9.62 requires śākhā-anukramaṇī confirmation

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (self-purifying Soma)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of ~8 syllables; typical for many Pavamāna verses)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एष वृषा वृषव्रतः पवमानो अशस्तिहा । करद्वसूनि दाशुषे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.62.11

Transliteration

eṣá vṛ́ṣā vṛ́ṣa-vrataḥ pavámāno aśastí-hā | kárad vásūni dāśúṣe ||

Translation

นี่คือพฤษภ ผู้มีธรรมบัญญัติแห่งพฤษภ—โสมะผู้ชำระตนเอง ผู้ทำลายวาจาอันเป็นศัตรู. ขอให้ท่านก่อรูปทรัพย์แท้แก่ผู้ถวาย—พลังแห่งความเต็มเปี่ยมภายในภาวะ.

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Word by Word

• एषः: this (one), he
• एषः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-

• वृषा: the bull; the mighty one
• वृषा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally)
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक) / वृष (बलवान्, वृषभ-भाव) → वृषा (नॉम.सि.)

• वृषव्रतः: whose vow is manly/strong; of bull-like resolve
• वृषव्रतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष-व्रत (समास-प्रातिपदिक) = वृष (बल/वीर्य) + व्रत (व्रत/नियम) → वृषव्रत-

• पवमानः: purifying (as he flows), Pavamāna (Soma)
• पवमानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √पू (पवते) ‘to purify’ → पवमान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्) → पवमान-

• अशस्तिहा: slayer of reproach/evil speech
• अशस्तिहा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-शस्ति (निन्दा/अप्रशंसा) + √हन् ‘to slay’ (समासान्त ‘-हा’) → अशस्तिहन्/अशस्तिहा

• करत्: may he make; let him bestow
• करत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ ‘to make, do’ (विधिलिङ्/आशीर्लिङ् रूप; वैदिक injunctive-like use) → करत्

• वसूनि: wealths, goods
• वसूनि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wealth, good’ → वसु-

• दाशुषे: to the giver/offerer (worshipper)
• दाशुषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (agent, ‘worshipper/offerer’)
• Root: √दाश्/√दास् ‘to give, offer, worship’ → दाश्वांस् (परिपूर्ण/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) ‘the giver/offerer’ → दाशुष् (weak stem)