Rig Veda 9.89.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 89, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.89
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रो स्य वह्निः पथ्याभिरस्यान्दिवो न वृष्टिः पवमानो अक्षाः । सहस्रधारो असदन्न्यस्मे मातुरुपस्थे वन आ च सोमः ॥
Transliteration
pró syá vaḥníḥ pathyā́bhir asyān divó na vṛṣṭíḥ pávamāno akṣāḥ | sahásra-dhāro ásadann y àsmé mā́tur upásthe vána ā́ ca sómaḥ ||
Translation
他向前奔行——火力之载者——循着正当之道；如自天而降的雨，净化者奔流而出。千流之苏摩（Soma）安住于我们之内：在母亲的怀抱里，在林木的生长处，并来到我们的存在之田。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
स्यःhe (that one)
स्यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāman)
वह्निःthe bearer; (here) Soma/Agni-like carrier
वह्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवह्नि- (prātipadika; from √वह् ‘to carry’)
पथ्याभिःwith (his) path-making/track-guiding (ways/streams)
पथ्याभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपथ्या- (adj. ‘of the path, guiding’)
अस्यof him, his
अस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāman)
अन्दि॒वःfrom the sky / sky-ward
अन्दि॒वः:
Adhikaraṇa (source/setting)
TypeIndeclinable/Adverbial form
Rootदिव् (noun ‘sky, day’) with prep. prefix अन्- in Vedic adverbial compound
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (particle)
वृष्टिःrain, shower
वृष्टिः:
Kartā (in simile)
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि- (from √वृष् ‘to rain, shower’)
पवमानःpurifying, being purified (Soma)
पवमानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootपवमान- (present participle from √पू ‘to purify’)
अक्षाःhas reached/has pervaded; has driven on
अक्षाः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√अश्/अक्ष् (Vedic: ‘to reach, pervade’; form used as finite verb)
सहस्रधारःthousand-streamed
सहस्रधारः:
Kartā (apposition to Soma)
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi)
Rootसहस्र- + धार- (धार ‘stream’ from √धृ/√धार ‘to hold/flow’)
असदत्sat down; took his seat
असदत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√सद् ‘to sit, settle, take seat’
निdown, into
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga)
अस्मेfor us
अस्मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (sarvanāman)
मातुःof the mother
मातुः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ-
उपस्थेin the lap, in the bosom
उपस्थे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउपस्थ-
वनेin the wood; in the forest (i.e., wooden vat/pressing-place)
वने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवन-
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (particle)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम-
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