Rig Veda 9.97.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 7

Sukta 9.97

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र काव्यमुशनेव ब्रुवाणो देवो देवानां जनिमा विवक्ति । महिव्रतः शुचिबन्धुः पावकः पदा वराहो अभ्येति रेभन् ॥

Transliteration

prá kā́vyam uśánā-iva bruvāṇó devó devā́nāṃ jánimā vivakti | mahí-vrataḥ śúci-bandhuḥ pāvakáḥ padā́ varā́ho abhí eti rébhan ||

Translation

He speaks the inspired word like Uśanā; the God reveals the births of the Gods. Great in will, kin to the pure, the purifier—chanting—moves forward like a boar with his step, breaking through to the goal.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• काव्यम्: poetic utterance, hymn
• काव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काव्य (prātipadika; from कवि)

• उशना: Uśanā (Uśanas/Kavi Uśanas)
• उशना: Kartā (of implied comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उशनस् (proper name prātipadika)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• ब्रुवाणः: speaking, uttering
• ब्रुवाणः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• देवः: the god (Soma)
• देवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika)

• जनिमा: birth, origin
• जनिमा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनिमन्/जनिमा (prātipadika; from √जन्)

• विवक्ति: proclaims, makes known
• विवक्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: विवच्/विवक्ति (वि + √वच्)

• महिव्रतः: of great vow/observance
• महिव्रतः: Kartā (apposition to देवः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महिव्रत (prātipadika; महि + व्रत)

• शुचिबन्धुः: having pure kinship/connection; allied with purity
• शुचिबन्धुः: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शुचिबन्धु (prātipadika; शुचि + बन्धु)

• पावकः: purifying, pure
• पावकः: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावक (prātipadika; from √पू ‘to purify’)

• पदा: with (his) step/footprint; by a track
• पदा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (prātipadika)

• वराहः: boar
• वराहः: Kartā (metaphor for Soma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह (prātipadika)

• अभ्येति: goes toward, approaches
• अभ्येति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √इ (धातु)

• रेभन्: O singer/poet!
• रेभन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेभ (prātipadika; ‘singer/poet’; also used as voc.)