Rig Veda 9.103.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 103, Mantra 3
Sukta 9.103
Rishi: Soma Pavamāna corpus; precise attribution requires Anukramaṇī confirmation.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna.
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī; verify by metrical count.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परि कोशं मधुश्चुतमव्यये वारे अर्षति । अभि वाणीॠषीणां सप्त नूषत ॥
Transliteration
pári kóśaṃ madhú-ścutam avyáye vā́re arṣati | abhí vā́ṇīr ŕ̥ṣīṇāṃ saptá nū́ṣata ||
Translation
他环绕那滴流甘蜜的器皿而奔流，穿过不衰竭的羊毛滤网；七位仙圣的声音向他呼唤，并被唤醒。
Word by Word
परिaround, all around
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग) < PIE *peri
कोशम्vessel, container (sheath)
कोशम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकोश (प्रातिपदिक)
मधुश्चुतम्honey-dripping, sweet-flowing
मधुश्चुतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमधु-च्युत (कृदन्त/विशेषण); √च्युत्/√च्यु (च्यवते) ‘to drip, flow’
अव्ययेin the imperishable (place/state)
अव्यये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यय (प्रातिपदिक) ‘imperishable’
वारेin the water
वारे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवारि/वार (प्रातिपदिक) ‘water’ (Vedic loc. sg. वारे)
अर्षतिflows, streams
अर्षति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ऋष्/अर्ष् (अर्षति) ‘to flow, rush’
अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वाणीःvoices, utterances
वाणीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाणी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘voice, speech’
ऋषीणाम्of the seers
ऋषीणाम्:
— (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘seer’
सप्तseven
सप्त:
—
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
नुnow, indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
ऊषत(they) uttered, sounded forth
ऊषत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वच्/√उष्? (Vedic: ऊषत् as injunctive/aorist of √वच् ‘to speak’ is not regular; here taken as Vedic aorist/injunctive of √वच् in sense ‘they uttered/they have sounded’)
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