Rig Veda 9.74.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 74, Mantra 5
Sukta 9.74
Rishi: Soma-pavamāna seer tradition (Mandala 9); specific attribution varies by Anukramaṇī
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (as aṃśu, the ray)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अरावीदंशुः सचमान ऊर्मिणा देवाव्यं मनुषे पिन्वति त्वचम् । दधाति गर्भमदितेरुपस्थ आ येन तोकं च तनयं च धामहे ॥
Transliteration
arā́vīd aṃśúḥ sácamāna ūrmíṇā devāvyàṃ mánuṣe pinvati tvácam | dádhāti gárbham áditeḥ upástha ā́ yéna tokáṃ ca tánayaṃ ca dhā́mahe ||
Translation
光线咆哮，随波而行；它为人鼓胀那“求神者”的外皮（外在本性）。它把胚胎安置在阿底提（Aditi）之怀——凭此，我们得以持守幼子与后裔，在无垠者中安立家宅。
Word by Word
अरा॑वीत्has roared/sounded forth
अरा॑वीत्:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootरु (धातु) / √रु (रवणे/स्तवने) with preverb आ-
अं॒शुःthe Soma-ray / Soma (as ‘the beam’)
अं॒शुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअंशु (प्रातिपदिक)
सच॑मानःaccompanying / moving together
सच॑मानः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Root√सच् (समवाये/अनुगमने) ; क्त/शानच्-प्रत्यय (शानच्) वर्तमान कृदन्त
ऊ॒र्मिणा॑with a wave / surge
ऊ॒र्मिणा॑:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिक)
देवा॒व्यम्divine, godly
देवा॒व्यम्:
Karma (विशेष्य: त्वचम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootदेवाव्य (प्रातिपदिक) (< देव + अव्य/अव्य- ‘belonging to the gods, divine’)
मनु॑षेfor the man / for Manu’s descendant (human)
मनु॑षे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
पिन्वतिmakes swell / invigorates
पिन्वति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√पिव्/√पिन् (प्रीणने/वर्धने) (Vedic: पिन्वति)
त्वच॑म्skin; (outer) covering
त्वच॑म्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootत्वच् (प्रातिपदिक)
दधा॑तिplaces / sets
दधा॑ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धारणे/स्थापने)
गर्भ॑म्embryo; seed; germ
गर्भ॑म्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
अदि॑तेःof Aditi
अदि॑तेः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
उ॒पस्थे॑in the lap / in the bosom
उ॒पस्थे॑:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
आto, toward; so that
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
येन॑by which
येन॑:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तो॒कम्offspring; child
तो॒कम्:
Karma (of धामहे)
TypeNoun
Rootतोक (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
तन॑यम्son; progeny
तन॑यम्:
Karma (of धामहे)
TypeNoun
Rootतनय (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
धाम॑हेwe establish / we obtain / we set up
धाम॑हे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धारणे/स्थापने) ; Vedic middle ‘धामहे’
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