Rig Veda 9.39.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 39, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.39

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आशुरर्ष बृहन्मते परि प्रियेण धाम्ना । यत्र देवा इति ब्रवन् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.39.1

Transliteration

āśúr arṣa bṛhánmate pári priyéṇa dhā́mnā | yátra devā́ íti brávan ||

Translation

O swift-flowing Soma, stream forth around the vast-minded Truth, by the beloved law of thy own luminous dwelling, to that plane where the gods affirm the eternal ‘It is’.

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Word by Word

• आशुः: the swift one
• आशुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: आशु (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *h₂eḱ- ‘swift’ (adj.)

• ऋष: rush / speed forth
• ऋष: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋष् (धातु) ‘to go/move, rush’

• बृहन्मते: for the great purpose / to the lofty intent
• बृहन्मते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: बृहन्मति (प्रातिपदिक) = बृहन् + मति ‘great-mindedness/ great thought’

• परि: around; forth (as preverb)
• परि: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग) —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्रियेन: with/through the dear (beloved)
• प्रियेन: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाम्ना: by (its) abode/radiance
• धाम्ना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘abode, seat; (also) radiance/ordinance’

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable (relative adverb)
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus
• इति: (वाक्य-चिह्न) —
• Type: Indeclinable (quotative)
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• ब्रुवन्: speaking / saying
• ब्रुवन्: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (present participle)
• Root: ब्रू (धातु) ‘to say, speak’