Rig Veda 9.28.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 28, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.28
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एष पवित्रे अक्षरत्सोमो देवेभ्यः सुतः । विश्वा धामान्याविशन् ॥
Transliteration
eṣá pavítre akṣarat sómo devébhyaḥ sutáḥ | víśvā dhā́māny ā́-viśan ||
Translation
This Soma, pressed for the gods, has flowed through the filter; entering all the seats and domains of being, he pervades and establishes the divine order within.
Word by Word
एषःthis (one), he
एषः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पवित्रेin/at the filter (sieve)
पवित्रे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक) < √पू (पवने/शोधने)
अक्षरत्flowed, streamed
अक्षरत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√क्षर् (क्षरणे ‘to flow’)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
देवेभ्यःto/for the gods
देवेभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतःpressed, extracted
सुतः:
कर्तृ (सोमस्य विशेषणम्) अथवा कर्तृ-पद-समनाधिकरणम्
TypeParticiple (Adjective) used substantively
Rootसुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक), √सु (सवने/प्रसवे ‘to press, extract’) + क्त
विश्वाall
विश्वा:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used with neuter plural) / Pronoun-like adjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
धामानिabodes, seats, domains
धामानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootधामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
आविशन्entered, pervaded
आविशन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विश् (प्रवेशने ‘to enter’) with उपसर्ग आ-
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