Rig Veda 9.72.7 — Mandala 9, Sukta 72, Mantra 7
Sukta 9.72
Rishi: Soma-Pavamāna tradition (Book 9).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Likely Jagatī (to be metrically confirmed).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नाभा पृथिव्या धरुणो महो दिवोऽपामूर्मौ सिन्धुष्वन्तरुक्षितः । इन्द्रस्य वज्रो वृषभो विभूवसुः सोमो हृदे पवते चारु मत्सरः ॥
Transliteration
nā́bhā pṛthivyā́ dharúṇo mahó divó ’pām ū́rmau síndhuṣv antár ukṣitáḥ | índrasya vājró vṛṣabhó vibhū́vasuḥ sómo hṛdé pavate cā́ru matsaráḥ ||
Translation
如大地之脐，如广大苍穹之坚固支撑，安置在众水的波涛之中，安置在诸河之间——苏摩被倾注。因陀罗之金刚，力之雄牛，广富者；那可爱的狂喜在心中净化而流。
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नाभाat/with the navel (centre)
नाभा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनाभि- (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथिव्याःof the earth
पृथिव्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी- (प्रातिपदिक)
धरुणःsupport, upholder
धरुणः:
Kartā (as predicate-nominative) / Viśeṣya
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootधरुण- (प्रातिपदिक; धृ ‘धारणे’ से)
महोof the great
महो:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootमहत्- (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof heaven/sky
दिवः:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ-/दिव्- (प्रातिपदिक)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअप्- (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊर्मौin the wave/surge
ऊर्मौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्मि- (प्रातिपदिक)
सिन्धुषुamong/in the rivers (streams)
सिन्धुषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु- (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तःwithin, inside
अन्तः:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense) / Upapada
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तर् (अव्यय/उपसर्गीय)
उक्षितःsprinkled, bedewed
उक्षितः:
Kartā (as predicate-nominative) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeParticiple
Rootउक्ष् (धातु: उक्ष् ‘सिञ्चने/वर्षणे’; क्त)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
वज्रःthe thunderbolt
वज्रः:
Kartā (as predicate-nominative) / Apposition
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषभःthe bull (strong one)
वृषभः:
Kartā (as predicate-nominative) / Apposition
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ- (प्रातिपदिक)
विभूवसुःall-rich, widely splendid
विभूवसुः:
Kartā (as predicate-nominative) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootविभूवसु- (प्रातिपदिक; वि- + भू + वसु ‘wealth’/‘splendour’)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (प्रातिपदिक)
हृदेin the heart
हृदे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहृद्- (प्रातिपदिक)
पवतेpurifies/flows (as purified)
पवते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootपू (धातु: पू ‘पवने/शोधने’; आत्मनेपद)
चारुःlovely, pleasing
चारुः:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootचारु- (प्रातिपदिक)
मत्सरःintoxicating exhilaration (rapture)
मत्सरः:
Kartā (appositional to सोमः) / Viśeṣya
TypeNoun
Rootमत्सर- (प्रातिपदिक)
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