Rig Veda 9.92.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 92, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.92
Rishi: Rebha Kāśyapa (traditional for RV 9.92; verify in Anukramaṇī/critical edition)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; confirm metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अच्छा नृचक्षा असरत्पवित्रे नाम दधानः कविरस्य योनौ । सीदन्होतेव सदने चमूषूपेमग्मन्नृषयः सप्त विप्राः ॥
Transliteration
ácchā nṛ-cákṣā ásarat pavítre nā́ma dádhānaḥ kavír asya yónau | sī́dan hótā-iva sádane camū́ṣv úpem ágmann ṛ́ṣayaḥ saptá víprāḥ ||
Translation
他以清明、能见于人的目光，流向净化者；在先见者的胎藏中承受其名。他如祭司般就坐于会座，在诸钵中；七位受感的圣贤——启明之思的言声——近前而来。
Word by Word
अच्छाtowards
अच्छा:
Adhikaraṇa (गत्यर्थे—‘towards’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअच्छा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
नृचक्षाःthe man-seeing one (Soma)
नृचक्षाः:
Kartā (असरत् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootनृ-चक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
असरत्flowed / ran
असरत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसृ (धातु)
पवित्रेin/through the strainer (filter)
पवित्रे:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थान—‘in/through the filter’)
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नामindeed / as (by) name
नाम:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
दधानःbearing / placing
दधानः:
Kartā (सह-विशेषणम् नृचक्षाः)
TypeParticiple
Rootधा (धातु) → दधान (शतृ)
कविःseer / poet
कविः:
Kartā (अन्तर्निहित—‘being a seer/poet’ as apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him / his
अस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (योनौ इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
योनौin the womb / seat / source
योनौ:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थान—‘in the womb/seat’)
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
सीदन्sitting down / settling
सीदन्:
Kartā (सह-विशेषणम् नृचक्षाः)
TypeParticiple
Rootसद् (धातु) → सीदत्/सीदन् (शतृ; वैदिक रूप)
होताHotṛ-priest
होता:
Kartā (उपमान—इव)
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
सदनेin the seat / dwelling
सदने:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थान—‘in the seat/house’)
TypeNoun
Rootसदन (प्रातिपदिक)
चमूषुin the ladles/cups (vessels)
चमूषु:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थान—‘in the cups/vessels’)
TypeNoun
Rootचमू (प्रातिपदिक)
उपnear / up to
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
इमग्मन्came / approached
इमग्मन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) with preverb इम्- (वैदिक intens./preverb) → इमग्मन्
ऋषयःseers
ऋषयः:
Kartā (इमग्मन् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तseven
सप्त:
—
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
विप्राःinspired sages / priests
विप्राः:
Kartā (ऋषयः इत्यस्य विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
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