Rig Veda 9.62.15: Mandala 9, Sukta 62, Mantra 15
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 (for Indra)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of ~8 syllables; typical for many Pavamāna verses)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
गिरा जात इह स्तुत इन्दुरिन्द्राय धीयते । विर्योना वसताविव ॥
Transliteration
girā́ jātá ihá stutá índur índrāya dhīyate | vír yonā́ vasatā́-iva ||
Translation
บังเกิดจากวาจาอันดลใจ (girá) และได้รับสรรเสริญ ณ ที่นี้ อินทุ (Indu หยดโสมะ) ถูกตั้งไว้ภายในเพื่ออินทรา (Indra) ดุจวีรบุรุษพักในเคหสถาน เขาสงบอยู่ในครรภ์ (yoni) ของตน—ตั้งมั่นแน่นหนาในที่นั่งแห่งบูชาและในดวงใจ
Word by Word
गिराwith a song, by praise
गिरा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (स्त्री.)
जातःborn
जातः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (participial)
Root√जन् (जायते) → जात (कृदन्त) / ‘born’
इहhere
इह:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
स्तुतःpraised
स्तुतः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (participial)
Root√स्तु (स्तवते) → स्तुत (कृदन्त) / ‘praised’
इन्दुःIndu (Soma)
इन्दुः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
धीयतेis directed / is set (in devotion)
धीयते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धत्ते/दधाति) — here passive/ātmanepada ‘is placed/settled; is directed’
वीर्य॑वनाpossessing heroic power
वीर्य॑वना:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootवीर्य (नपुं.) + वन (प्रातिपदिक ‘winning/possessing’) → वीर्यवन (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-आधारित विशेषण)
वसतौin the abode, at the dwelling
वसतौ:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootवसतु (प्रातिपदिक) / ‘dwelling, abode’
इवlike, as
इव:
(उपमान-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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Chanting Notes
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