Rig Veda 9.61.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.61

Rishi: As part of RV 9 Soma Pavamāna cycle; specific ṛṣi attribution requires Anukramaṇī confirmation.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with Indraic victory-motif embedded in Soma’s action)

Chandas: Jagatī (to be verified metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पुरः सद्य इत्थाधिये दिवोदासाय शम्बरम् । अध त्यं तुर्वशं यदुम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.61.2

Transliteration

púraḥ sadyá ítthādhiye divodāsā́ya śámbaram | ádha tyáṃ turváśaṃ yáduṃ ||

Translation

وہ فوراً راست باز دل والے دیوداس کے لیے روکنے والے قلعوں کو توڑ دیتا ہے، شمبرا کو؛ اور پھر وہ ترورش اور یادو کو آزاد کرتا ہے، وجود کی قید شدہ حرکات کو رہا کرتا ہے۔

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Word by Word

• पुरः: forth; in front
• पुरः: Adhikaraṇa (adverbial: place/direction)
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial use of nominal form)
• Root: पुरस् (prātipadika) < PIE *per- ‘forward/front’

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Adhikaraṇa (adverbial: time)
• Type: Indeclinable (adverb)
• Root: सद्यस् (prātipadika) ‘immediate(ly)’

• इत्था: thus; in this way
• इत्था: Adhikaraṇa (adverbial: manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्था (avyaya) ‘thus, in this manner’

• धिये: for the inspired thought/prayer
• धिये: Sampradāna (purpose/recipient: ‘for/unto the prayer/insight’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (f.) ‘thought, insight, prayer’

• दिवोदासाय: for Divodāsa
• दिवोदासाय: Sampradāna (beneficiary)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: दिवोदास (m., proper name) ‘Divodāsa’

• शम्बरम्: Śambara
• शम्बरम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: शम्बर (m., proper name) ‘Śambara’

• अध: then; thereafter
• अध: (connective; no kāraka)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (avyaya) ‘then, thereafter, now’

• त्यम्: that (one)
• त्यम्: Karma (object; ‘that one’)
• Type: Pronoun/Determiner
• Root: तद् (pronoun) with enclitic/emphatic form त्य-

• तुर्वशम्: Turvaśa
• तुर्वशम्: Karma (object; apposition to त्यम्)
• Type: Noun (proper/ethnonym)
• Root: तुर्वश (m., tribal name) ‘Turvaśa’

• यदुम्: Yadu
• यदुम्: Karma (object; coordinated/appositional with तुर्वशम्)
• Type: Noun (proper/ethnonym)
• Root: यदु (m., tribal name) ‘Yadu’