Rig Veda 9.107.13: Mandala 9, Sukta 107, Mantra 13

Sukta 9.107

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ हर्यतो अर्जुने अत्के अव्यत प्रियः सूनुर्न मर्ज्यः । तमीं हिन्वन्त्यपसो यथा रथं नदीष्वा गभस्त्योः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.107.13

Transliteration

ā́ haryató árjune átké avyata priyáḥ sūnúr ná márjyaḥ | tám īṃ hinvanty apáso yáthā ráthaṃ nadī́ṣv ā́ gábhastyoḥ ||

Translation

He has been woven out upon the shining tawny filter, dear like a son to be cleansed and made ready. The active energies drive him on, as one urges a chariot, along the river-courses, into the two hands (that receive and bear him).

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Word by Word

• आ: towards, forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• ह॑र्य॒तः: of the tawny/bright one
• ह॑र्य॒तः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्यत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हरि-वर्ण/हरि-सम्बन्धी’)

• अर्जु॑ने: in/at Arjuna (the ‘bright/white’ [vessel/wood], epithet)
• अर्जु॑ने: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्के॑: in/at the atka (pressing/straining apparatus; implement)
• अत्के॑: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्क (प्रातिपदिक)

• अव्यत: was worked/was woven (i.e., was filtered/strained)
• अव्यत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वे (वेञ् तन्तुसन्ताने/वायने) / to weave, to work (esp. of Soma being ‘woven/filtered’)

• प्रि॒यः: the dear one
• प्रि॒यः: कर्तृ (as subject complement) / कर्ता
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• सू॒नुः: son
• सू॒नुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• मर्ज्यः: being cleansed/purified
• मर्ज्यः: कर्तृ (descriptive of Soma) / कर्ता
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √मृज् (मार्जने) / to wipe, cleanse, polish

• तम्: him/that (Soma)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• ईम्: indeed, just
• ईम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ईम् (निपात/प्रगृह्य)

• हिन्वन्ति: they impel/drive
• हिन्वन्ति: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हिव्/√हिन्व् (प्रेरणे) / to impel, set in motion

• अ॒पसः: the waters
• अ॒पसः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यथा॒: as, just as
• यथा॒: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• रथम्: a chariot
• रथम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• न॒दीषु: in the rivers
• न॒दीषु: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• गभस्त्योः: in the two hands/rays (i.e., in the two ‘graspers’)
• गभस्त्योः: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गभस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)