Rig Veda 9.10.9: Mandala 9, Sukta 10, Mantra 9

Sukta 9.10

Devata: Soma Pavamāna / Sūrya-like seer-power (vision principle within Soma hymn)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि प्रिया दिवस्पदमध्वर्युभिर्गुहा हितम् । सूरः पश्यति चक्षसा ॥

Transliteration

abhí priyā́ divás padám adhvaryú-bhir gúhā hitám | sū́raḥ paśyati cákṣasā ||

Translation

Hướng về chỗ ngự đáng yêu của Trời—được giấu kín trong nơi bí mật—các Adhvaryu đã an lập; bậc thị kiến rực sáng nhìn thấy bằng con mắt của linh thị.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्रियाः: the dear ones / beloved (ones)
• प्रियाः: Kartā (with पश्यति) / or subject-group in context
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवः: of heaven
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ ‘heaven’)

• पदम्: the place, station, step
• पदम्: Karma (object of implied motion/aim with अभि; also locus aimed at)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्वर्युभिः: by the adhvaryu priests
• अध्वर्युभिः: Karaṇa (instrument/agentive means: ‘by/with the adhvaryu-priests’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• गुहा: in secret, hiddenly
• गुहा: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense adverbially: ‘in concealment’)
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial) / Noun used adverbially
• Root: गुहा (अव्यय/निपात; also as noun ‘cave’ but here adverbially)

• हितम्: placed, set, deposited
• हितम्: Karma (as predicate/attribute of पदम्: ‘the place laid/placed’)
• Type: Participle (Adjective) / Kṛdanta
• Root: धा (धातु) → हित (कृदन्त; past passive participle)

• सूरः: the Sun
• सूरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sun’/‘seer’ in Vedic; here ‘sun’)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: — (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)

• चक्षसा: with (his) sight/eye
• चक्षसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘eye, sight’)