Rig Veda 9.71.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 71, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.71
Rishi: Soma-Pavamāna tradition (Book 9).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna.
Chandas: Likely Jagatī (to be metrically confirmed).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परि द्युक्षं सहसः पर्वतावृधं मध्वः सिञ्चन्ति हर्म्यस्य सक्षणिम् । आ यस्मिन्गावः सुहुताद ऊधनि मूर्धञ्छ्रीणन्त्यग्रियं वरीमभिः ॥
Transliteration
pári dyukṣáṁ sáhasaḥ parvatā́vṛdhaṁ mádhvaḥ siñcanti hármyasya sakṣáṇim | ā yásmin gā́vaḥ suhútāda ū́dhani mūrdhán śrīṇanty agriyáṁ várīmabhiḥ ||
Translation
围绕那光辉者——由山岳之力而增长的强能——人们把蜜甜的甘露倾注于居所的承载之处。在他之中，诸母牛——饮受善献之乳房的光线——以丰盈的量度，在其顶上调和那最先的富饶。
Word by Word
परिaround, all around
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
द्युक्षम्the shining one / radiant (Soma)
द्युक्षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootद्युक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘द्युक्ष’)
सहसःof might, of strength
सहसः:
—
TypeNoun
Rootसहस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पर्वतावृधम्mountain-swelling / mountain-nourishing
पर्वतावृधम्:
Karma (विशेषणम् द्युक्षम्)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootपर्वत + वृध (वृध् ‘to grow/increase’)
मध्वःof sweetness / of honey (mead)
मध्वः:
—
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
सिञ्चन्तिthey pour, they sprinkle
सिञ्चन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसिच् (धातु)
हर्म्यस्यof the house / mansion
हर्म्यस्य:
—
TypeNoun
Rootहर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सक्षणिम्the companion / attendant (one who is with)
सक्षणिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसक्षणि (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यस्मिन्in whom / in which
यस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गावःcows
गावः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
सुहुतात्from the well-offered (oblation)
सुहुतात्:
Apādāna
TypeAdjective (kṛdanta used substantively)
Rootसु + हु (हु ‘to sacrifice/offer’) → सुहुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
उधनिin the udder
उधनि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊधन् (प्रातिपदिक)
मूर्धन्the head, the top
मूर्धन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रीणन्तिthey mix/strain/prepare
श्रीणन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootश्री (धातु; वैदिक ‘to mix/strain/prepare’)
अग्रियम्foremost, pre-eminent
अग्रियम्:
Karma (विशेषणम् मूर्धन्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअग्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
वरीमभिःwith broad expanses / with wide (means)
वरीमभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवरीमन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘breadth/expanse’, also ‘wide spaces’)
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