Rig Veda 9.81.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 81, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.81
Rishi: Not securely inferable from the excerpt alone.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna.
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī (requires verification).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अच्छा हि सोमः कलशाँ असिष्यददत्यो न वोळ्हा रघुवर्तनिर्वृषा । अथा देवानामुभयस्य जन्मनो विद्वाँ अश्नोत्यमुत इतश्च यत् ॥
Transliteration
ácchā hí sómaḥ kalaśā́n ásiṣyad átyo na vóḷhā raghu-vártanir vṛ́ṣā | áthā devā́nām ubháyasya jánmano vidvā́ṃ aśnoty amúta itáś ca yát ||
Translation
诚然，苏摩疾驰向诸罐，如迅马负载而行；如公牛，驰道迅捷。于是，知者得享诸神两重出生之所归——彼岸之物，与此岸之物。
Word by Word
अच्छाtowards, hither
अच्छा:
Adhikaraṇa (गत्यर्थे—‘towards’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअञ्च् (अञ्चति) / अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक ‘अच्छा’
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
कलशान्jars, vessels
कलशान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकलश (प्रातिपदिक)
असिष्यदत्flowed/ran (forth)
असिष्यदत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्यन्द् (स्यन्दते/स्यन्दति) + सन्/इच्छार्थ-प्रयोग (वेद.)
अत्यःa steed, horse
अत्यः:
Kartā (उपमान-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootअत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
वोळ्हाa carrier, draught-animal
वोळ्हा:
Kartā (उपमान-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun (agent) / Participle-like
Rootवह् (वहति) → वोढृ/वोळ्हृ (वेद. रूप)
रघुवर्तनिःswift-tracked, moving on swift courses
रघुवर्तनिः:
Kartā-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootरघु + वर्तनिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषाbull; vigorous one
वृषा:
Kartā-विशेषण
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन्/वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
अथाthen
अथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (निपात)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
उभयस्यof both
उभयस्य:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective/Pronoun-like
Rootउभय (प्रातिपदिक)
जन्मनःof the birth/origin
जन्मनः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
विद्वान्knowing, wise
विद्वान्:
Kartā-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootविद् (वेद) → विद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्नोतिattains, reaches
अश्नोति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (अश्नोति)
अमुतःfrom there, thence
अमुतः:
Apādāna (source: ‘from there’)
TypeIndeclinable/Pronoun (ablatival adverb)
Rootअमुतस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इतश्चand from here
इतश्च:
Apādāna (source: ‘from here’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइतस् + च
यत्what, that which
यत्:
Karma (अश्नोति—‘what(ever)’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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