Rig Veda 9.63.28: Mandala 9, Sukta 63, Mantra 28
Sukta 9.63
Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seer-poets
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पुनानः सोम धारयेन्दो विश्वा अप स्रिधः । जहि रक्षांसि सुक्रतो ॥
Transliteration
punānáḥ soma dhā́rayéndo víśvā apa srídhaḥ | jahí rákṣāṃsi sukrato ||
Translation
自净的苏摩啊，在奔流的水道中；因度（Indu）啊，驱散一切乖曲与过失；正行之强者啊，诛灭罗刹（rakṣas）之众。
Word by Word
पुनानःbeing purified; purifying (himself)
पुनानः:
Kartā (of the imperatives जहि, and of the action implied)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√पू (पूञ्) / prātipadika: पुनान- (pres. mid. participle)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā (apposition to पुनानः)
TypeNoun
Rootprātipadika: सोम-
धारयेin the stream; in the flow
धारये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootprātipadika: धारा- (from √धृ ‘to hold/flow’ → ‘stream’)
इन्दोO Indu (bright drop, Soma)
इन्दो:
(Sambodhana; addressed entity)
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootprātipadika: इन्दु-
विश्वाःall (of them)
विश्वाः:
Karma (with अप ‘away’)
TypeAdjective
Rootprātipadika: विश्व-
अपaway; off
अप:
(modifies verbal idea; governs separation sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootavyaya: अप
स्रिधःhindrances; harms; hostilities
स्रिधः:
Karma (object to be removed ‘away’)
TypeNoun
Rootprātipadika: स्रिध्- (Vedic; ‘obstruction, harm, hostile act/hostility’)
जहिslay; strike down
जहि:
(verbal action; addressed to इन्दु/सोम)
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (to strike, slay)
रक्षांसिdemons; harmful spirits (rakṣas)
रक्षांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootprātipadika: रक्षस्-
सुक्रतोO good-minded/strong-willed one
सुक्रतो:
(Sambodhana; addressed to Soma/Indu)
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootprātipadika: सु-क्रतु-
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