Rig Veda 9.87.8: Mandala 9, Sukta 87, Mantra 8
Sukta 9.87
Rishi: Unspecified here; hymn-level Anukramaṇī needed.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with explicit address to Indra)
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (common in RV; requires verification).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एषा ययौ परमादन्तरद्रेः कूचित्सतीरूर्वे गा विवेद । दिवो न विद्युत्स्तनयन्त्यभ्रैः सोमस्य ते पवत इन्द्र धारा ॥
Transliteration
eṣā yayau paramād antar adreḥ | kūcit satīr ūrve gā viveda | divo na vidyút stanáyanty abhráiḥ | somasya te pavata indra dhārā ||
Translation
这道苏摩之流自至高处进入，深入石之心；化作寻求者，在广阔的洞窟中发现诸牛（启明之光）。如天之闪电在云间轰鸣，因陀罗（Indra）啊，你的苏摩之流在净化中奔涌。
Word by Word
एषाthis (she/this stream)
एषा:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
ययौwent, has gone
ययौ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
परमात्from the highest (place/state)
परमात्:
अपादान
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपरम (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तरद्रेःof the inner rock / within the stone (pressing-stone, mountain)
अन्तरद्रेः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootअन्तर + अद्रि (समास; अद्रि-प्रातिपदिक)
कूचित्somewhere, in some manner (at some point)
कूचित्:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial) / Kṛdanta-based
Rootकु (धातु) → कूचि (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; PPP/participial base used adverbially) + चित्
सतीःbeing, existing; true (fem. pl.)
सतीः:
कर्तृ (of implied action/description)
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Rootअस् (धातु) → सत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त) → सती (स्त्री)
ऊर्वेin the wide expanse / in the broad (space)
ऊर्वे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्वी (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)
गाःcows (rays/streams metaphorically)
गाः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootगो (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)
विवेदfound, discovered
विवेद:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
दिवःof heaven, of the sky
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ)
नlike, as
न:
सम्बन्ध (simile marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
विद्युत्lightning
विद्युत्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootविद्युत् (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)
स्तनयन्तिthunder, resound
स्तनयन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootस्तनय् (धातु)
अभ्रैःwith clouds
अभ्रैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्र (नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (पुं-प्रातिपदिक)
तेto you / for you
ते:
सम्प्रदान (dative sense) / कर्म (contextual)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
पवतेpurifies itself, flows clear
पवते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपू (धातु; आत्मनेपद)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (पुं-प्रातिपदिक)
धाराःstreams, flows
धाराः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootधारा (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)
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