Rig Veda 9.91.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 91, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.91
Rishi: Rebha Kāśyapa (traditional; hymn-level)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; confirm metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वीती जनस्य दिव्यस्य कव्यैरधि सुवानो नहुष्येभिरिन्दुः । प्र यो नृभिरमृतो मर्त्येभिर्मर्मृजानोऽविभिर्गोभिरद्भिः ॥
Transliteration
vītī́ jánasya divyásya kavyáir ádhi suvānó nahuṣyébhir índuḥ | prá yó nṛ́bhir amṛ́to mártyebhir marmṛjānó’vibhír góbhir adbhiḥ ||
Translation
为使天上的神民得享祭飨，凭诗人之灵感，苏摩之滴与那胡什亚（Nahushya）之人同榨而出。它前行——在凡人中为不死者——被羊群（羊毛滤绒）、被牛群（光线）、并被诸水（澄明之流）洗炼而澄净。
Word by Word
वीतीthe (ritual) feast / refreshment / pursuit
वीती:
Kartā (वाक्ये मुख्यविषयः) / Adhikaraṇa (भावार्थे ‘in the feast’)
TypeNoun
Rootवीति- (प्रातिपदिक; √वे/√वी ‘to go, pursue’ > ‘pursuit/refreshment/feast’)
जनस्यof the people
जनस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootजन- (प्रातिपदिक)
दिव्यस्यdivine, heavenly
दिव्यस्य:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘heavenly, divine’)
कव्यैःwith/through the seers (poets)
कव्यैः:
Karaṇa (instrument/agency: ‘by/with the poets’)
TypeNoun
Rootकव्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sage/poet, inspired’)
अधिupon, over; in/at
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa/Upapada (preverbial/local sense ‘over, upon, in addition’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सुवानःbeing pressed, pressing forth (Soma)
सुवानः:
Kartā (इन्दोः विशेषणम्)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√सु (सुनोति ‘to press/express Soma’) + शानच्
नहुष्येभिःwith the Nahushyas
नहुष्येभिः:
Karaṇa (with/by the Nahushyas)
TypeNoun
Rootनहुष्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Nahushya’, a clan/descendants of Nahusha)
इन्दुःthe Soma (drop)
इन्दुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु- (प्रातिपदिक; Soma-drop)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
Upasarga (direction/intensifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यःwho, which
यः:
Kartā (relative pronoun)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नृभिःwith men, by heroes
नृभिः:
Karaṇa/सहकारक (with men)
TypeNoun
Rootनृ- (प्रातिपदिक ‘man, hero’)
अमृतःimmortal
अमृतः:
Kartā (as predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootअमृत- (प्रातिपदिक ‘immortal’)
मर्त्येभिःwith mortals
मर्त्येभिः:
Karaṇa/सहकारक (among/with mortals)
TypeNoun/Adjective (substantive)
Rootमर्त्य- (प्रातिपदिक ‘mortal’)
मर्मृजानःcleansing, purifying (himself)
मर्मृजानः:
Kartā (self-descriptive: ‘cleansing himself/being cleansed’)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√मृज् (मार्जति ‘to wipe/cleanse, purify’) + शानच्; (वेदिक पुनरुक्ति-रूप ‘मर्मृज्’)
अविभिःwith sheep (i.e., with wool/filters)
अविभिः:
Karaṇa (with sheep’s wool/with sheep)
TypeNoun
Rootअवि- (प्रातिपदिक ‘sheep/ewe’)
गोभिःwith cows
गोभिः:
Karaṇa (with cows / with cow-products, metaphorically with rays)
TypeNoun
Rootगो- (प्रातिपदिक ‘cow’)
अद्भिःwith waters
अद्भिः:
Karaṇa (with waters)
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/अद्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘water’)
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