Rig Veda 9.12.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 12, Mantra 7
Sukta 9.12
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (as Vanaspati)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नित्यस्तोत्रो वनस्पतिर्धीनामन्तः सबर्दुघः । हिन्वानो मानुषा युगा ॥
Transliteration
nítya-stotro vanaspátir dhīnā́m ántar sabaḥ-dúghaḥ | hinvā́nō mā́nuṣā yugā́ ||
Translation
Ever praised, the Lord of the wood (the pressed plant-power), within the thoughts a giver of rich yield, he drives on the human ages—impelling the long labour of mankind toward ripeness of consciousness.
Word by Word
नित्यस्त॑ोत्रःever-praised / having constant hymns
नित्यस्त॑ोत्रः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक < √स्तु ‘स्तुतौ’)
वनस्पतिःlord of the wood (Soma/plant)
वनस्पतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक; वन + पति)
धीनाम्of the thoughts / prayers
धीनाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootधी (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तःwithin
अन्तः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial)
Rootअन्तर् (प्रातिपदिक)
सबर्दुघःabundantly yielding (milk/juice)
सबर्दुघः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसबर्दुघ (प्रातिपदिक; सबर् + दुह्-घञ्, ‘milk-yielding/flowing’)
हिन्वानःimpelling / setting in motion
हिन्वानः:
Kartā (कर्तृवाचकः)
TypeParticiple
Root√हिन्/हिव् (प्रेरणे) → हिन्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
मानुषाmen / human beings
मानुषा:
Karma (प्रेरणायाः कर्म—‘humans’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootमानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
युगाyokes (also: ages)
युगा:
Karma (प्रेरणायाः कर्म—‘yokes/ages’)
TypeNoun
Rootयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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