Rig Veda 9.27.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 27, Mantra 3
Sukta 9.27
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एष नृभिर्वि नीयते दिवो मूर्धा वृषा सुतः । सोमो वनेषु विश्ववित् ॥
Transliteration
eṣa nṛbhir ví nīyate divó mūrdhā vṛ́ṣā sutáḥ | sómo váneṣu viśvá-vit ||
Translation
This Soma, pressed out as the Bull-force, is led forth by the human powers; he becomes the head and summit of the heaven within, and in the inner forests of our being he is the knower and finder of all.
Word by Word
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-
नृभिःby/with men (priests)
नृभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, forth (intensifier with verb)
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
नीयतेis led/borne
नीयते:
कर्म (of the leading action)
TypeVerb
Root√नी (नीञ्)
दिवःof/from heaven
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / अपादान (पञ्चमी)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौः (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ-)
मूर्धाthe head, summit
मूर्धा:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (apposition to एषः/सोमः)
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषाthe bull (mighty one)
वृषा:
कर्तृ/विशेषण (apposition)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतःpressed, extracted
सुतः:
विशेषण (of सोमः)
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Root√सु (सुनोति) → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, PPP)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
कर्तृ (of implied/overall predication)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
वनेषुin the woods/forests
वनेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्ववित्all-finding, all-knowing
विश्ववित्:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootविश्व + √विद् (विद् ‘to know/find’) → वित् (कृदन्त/बहुव्रीहि-प्रातिपदिक)
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