Rig Veda 9.71.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 71, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.71

Rishi: Soma-Pavamāna tradition (Book 9); specific attribution varies by Anukramaṇī.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna.

Chandas: Likely Jagatī (to be metrically confirmed).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र कृष्टिहेव शूष एति रोरुवदसुर्यं वर्णं नि रिणीते अस्य तम् । जहाति वव्रिं पितुरेति निष्कृतमुपप्रुतं कृणुते निर्णिजं तना ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.71.2

Transliteration

prá kṛṣṭihéva śūṣá eti rórūvad asuryàṁ várṇaṁ ní riṇīte asya tám | jahā́ti vavrím pitúr eti niṣkṛtám upaprútam kṛṇute nirṇíjaṁ tánā ||

Translation

Người tiến về phía trước với sức thúc đẩy, như kẻ giành cánh đồng cho muôn dân; với tiếng vang rền, người lột bỏ màu sắc asura—bóng tối bám lấy mình. Người vứt lớp vỏ bao bọc và đi đến ngôi nhà đã được Người Cha (Pitar) chuẩn bị; bằng chính bản thể mình, người tạo cho mình tấm áo thanh tẩy rạng ngời.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• कृष्टि-हा: slayer/overcomer of the peoples (or: of cultivated lands)
• कृष्टि-हा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: कृष्टि (prātipadika) + हन् (dhātu)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• शूषः: impetuosity, vigor
• शूषः: Kartā (apposition to implied Soma/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूष (prātipadika)

• एति: goes, advances
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु: इ/ए ‘to go’)

• रोरुवत्: roaring, loudly-sounding
• रोरुवत्: —
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: रु (धातु ‘to roar/cry’)

• असुर्यम्: non-solar, sunless; demonic
• असुर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असुर्य (prātipadika)

• वर्णम्: color, appearance
• वर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण (prātipadika)

• नि: down, away, into
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• रिणीते: strips off, removes
• रिणीते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: री/रि (धातु ‘to flow/let go’; Vedic: ‘to remove/strip off’)

• अस्य: of him/it
• अस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāman)

• तम्: that (one/that thing)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāman)

• जहाति: leaves, abandons
• जहाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु ‘to leave, abandon’)

• वव्रिम्: covering, veil; enclosure
• वव्रिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वव्रि (prātipadika)

• पितुः: of the father
• पितुः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (prātipadika)

• एति: goes
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु: इ/ए ‘to go’)

• निष्कृतम्: made ready; brought out; prepared
• निष्कृतम्: Karma/Goal (as object of motion)
• Type: Adjective (PPP)
• Root: निष्-√कृ (धातु ‘to make, do’) → निष्कृत (ppp)

• उप: towards, near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (upasarga)

• प्रुतम्: sprung forth, leaping; rushing
• प्रुतम्: Karma (qualifier of nirṇijam / or of the action)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रुत (prātipadika; from √पृ/√प्रु ‘to leap/spring’ in Vedic usage)

• कृणुते: makes for himself, fashions
• कृणुते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु ‘to make, do’)

• निर्णिजम्: bright garment, shining covering (radiance)
• निर्णिजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्णिज्/निर्णिज (prātipadika)

• तना: by extension; along (in a stretched-out way)
• तना: Karaṇa (adverbial means/manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तना