Rig Veda 9.73.9: Mandala 9, Sukta 73, Mantra 9
Sukta 9.73
Rishi: Unknown/uncertain in provided input
Devata: Soma Pavamāna; Varuṇa explicitly as establisher of the ṛta-thread in speech
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ऋतस्य तन्तुर्विततः पवित्र आ जिह्वाया अग्रे वरुणस्य मायया । धीराश्चित्तत्समिनक्षन्त आशतात्रा कर्तमव पदात्यप्रभुः ॥
Transliteration
ṛtásya tántur vítataḥ pavítra ā́ jihvā́yā ágre váruṇasya māyáyā | dhīrā́ś cit tát samínakṣanta āśata ā́trā kártam áva padāty áprabhuḥ ||
Translation
ṛta之线被伸展为净化者；凭伐楼那（Varuṇa）的造化之力，它被安置在舌端之前。即便明哲者也须与那相合，方能抵达。此处那制造曲邪者步步跌落，失其主宰之力。
Word by Word
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order / truth)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक) < √ऋ (गतौ/ऋ- ‘to go, to fit’; ‘cosmic order, truth’)
तन्तुःthe thread
तन्तुः:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतन्तु (प्रातिपदिक) ‘thread, warp’
विततःstretched out, extended
विततः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (PPP)
Rootवि-√तन् (तनु-विस्तारे) → वितत (PPP)
पवित्रेin/at the filter (pavitra)
पवित्रे:
अधिकरण (locus)
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक) ‘strainer; purifier (soma-filter)’
आto, toward; forth
आ:
(क्रियाविशेषक/दिशा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
जिह्वायाःof the tongue
जिह्वायाः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक) ‘tongue’
अग्रेin front, at the tip
अग्रे:
अधिकरण (place: ‘at the front’)
TypeNoun (used adverbially)
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक) ‘front, tip, beginning’
वरुणस्यof Varuṇa
वरुणस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम)
माययाby (his) māyā / wondrous power
मायया:
करण (instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootमाया (प्रातिपदिक) ‘power, artifice, wondrous skill’
धीराḥthe wise (men)
धीराḥ:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootधीर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘steady, wise’
चित्indeed, even
चित्:
(उपपद-बलवर्धक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात) ‘indeed, even’
तत्that (thing/that state)
तत्:
कर्म (object)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
(क्रियाविशेषक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग)
इनक्षन्तेthey attain/reach (completely)
इनक्षन्ते:
क्रिया (of कर्तृ ‘धीराḥ’)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-√नश्/नक्ष् (नश्/नक्ष् ‘to reach, attain’; Vedic present) → इनक्षन्ते
आशतthey reached/obtained
आशत:
क्रिया (coordinated with ‘इनक्षन्ते’)
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (अश्नोति/अश् ‘to reach, obtain’)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
अधिकरण (here)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
कर्तम्the pit/abyss
कर्तम्:
कर्म (object of अव…पदाति)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्त (प्रातिपदिक) ‘pit, abyss, hole; dark place’
अवdown, away
अव:
(क्रियाविशेषक: downward)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग)
पदातिsteps/goes down (into)
पदाति:
क्रिया (subject implicit; often ‘he/it’ = Soma/stream)
TypeVerb
Rootअव-√पद् (पद् ‘to go/step’; with अव ‘down’) → पदाति
अप्रभुःthe powerless / those without mastery
अप्रभुः:
कर्तृ (subject; contrasted with wise)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootअ-प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक) ‘not master, powerless’
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