Rig Veda 9.5.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 5, Mantra 6
Sukta 9.5
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सुशिल्पे बृहती मही पवमानो वृषण्यति । नक्तोषासा न दर्शते ॥
Transliteration
suśílpe bṛhatī́ mahī́ pávamāno vṛṣaṇyati | náktoṣásā na darśate ||
Translation
Trong cõi rộng được tạo tác tinh xảo và trong Đại Địa vĩ đại, Soma tự thanh lọc lớn mạnh bằng sức lực của Bò đực; Ngài được thấy như Đêm và Bình minh—tự hiển lộ trong nhịp điệu luân phiên của tối tăm và ánh sáng.
Word by Word
सुशिल्पेin/at the two well-fashioned (works/structures)
सुशिल्पे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + शिल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहतीthe great (one)
बृहती:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
महीthe mighty one / greatness
मही:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमही (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मह्/मंह्’ से ‘महत्त्व’)
पवमानःPavamāna (Soma), the purifying one
पवमानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (Adjective used as Noun)
Rootपू (धातु) → पवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; शतृ/शानच् प्रकारः, ‘purifying’)
वृषण्यतिacts with bull-like vigor / is potent
वृषण्यति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवृषण्य (धातु; ‘वृषन्-भावं करोति/बलं दर्शयति’)
नक्तोषासाNight-and-Dawn (the pair)
नक्तोषासा:
Kartā
TypeNoun (dual compound)
Rootनक्त-उषासा (द्वन्द्व-समास; प्रातिपदिक)
नlike / as (in comparison)
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
दर्शतेis seen / appears
दर्शते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) → दर्शते
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