Rig Veda 9.5.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 5, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.5
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with Tanūnapāt epithet)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तनूनपात्पवमानः शृङ्गे शिशानो अर्षति । अन्तरिक्षेण रारजत् ॥
Transliteration
tanūnapāt pávamānaḥ śṛ́ṅge śíśāno arṣati | antárikṣeṇa rā́rajat ||
Translation
自净的苏摩——“身之子”（Tanūnapāt）——磨砺其角之威，奔涌而前；他行于中空（antarikṣa），使其以光辉炽然。
Word by Word
तनूनपात्Tanūnapāt (a divine name; ‘offspring/son of himself’, epithet of Soma/Agni)
तनूनपात्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootतनूनपात् (प्रातिपदिक; तन् + नपात्) अथवा देवता-नाम
पवमानःpurifying (Soma), flowing
पवमानः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootपू (धातु) → पवमान (वर्तमान कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्-प्रकार; ‘purifying, flowing’)
शृङ्गेon the two horns / at the horns
शृङ्गे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootशृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
शिशानःkeen, sharpened/impelled
शिशानः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootशिश्/शि (धातु; वेदिक ‘to sharpen/impel, to become keen’) → शिशान (कृदन्त, क्त/क्विप्-प्रकार का परिपक्व रूप; अर्थ: ‘keen, whetted, impelled’)
अर्षतिflows, rushes
अर्षति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootऋष् (धातु; ‘to flow, move swiftly’)
अन्तरिक्षेणthrough the mid-air / by means of the atmosphere
अन्तरिक्षेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
रारजत्shone, flashed
रारजत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootराज् (धातु; ‘to shine’)
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