Rig Veda 9.64.20: Mandala 9, Sukta 64, Mantra 20

Sukta 9.64

Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input (Soma Pavamāna tradition for RV 9.64)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ यद्योनिं हिरण्ययमाशुॠतस्य सीदति । जहात्यप्रचेतसः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ yád yóniṃ hiraṇyáyam āśúr ṛtásya sī́dati | jahā́ty ápra-cetasaḥ ||

Translation

When the swift one sits in the golden womb of Ṛta, he casts away the unawakened states of consciousness.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• यत्: when; that which
• यत्: (links to clause; often adverbial ‘when/that which’)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-stem)

• योनिम्: womb; seat; source; resting-place
• योनिम्: Karma (goal of motion) / Adhikaraṇa (as ‘into the seat’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (prātipadika)

• हिरण्ययम्: golden
• हिरण्ययम्: Karma (as qualifier of the object/goal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय (adj. from हिरण्य ‘gold’)

• आशु: swiftly
• आशु: —
• Type: Adjective/Adverb
• Root: आशु (adj./adv.)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth; right ritual order)
• ऋतस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (prātipadika)

• सीदति: sits down; settles; comes to rest
• सीदति: Kriyā (verbal action); subject implied (Soma/Pavamāna) as Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (sīdati) ‘sit down, settle’

• जहाति: leaves; abandons
• जहाति: Kriyā; subject implied (Soma/Pavamāna) as Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हा (jahāti) ‘leave, abandon’

• अप्रचेतसः: the unperceiving/heedless ones; the undiscerning
• अप्रचेतसः: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantivized) / Noun
• Root: अ-प्रचेतस् (adj./noun; ‘without insight/attention’)