Rig Veda 9.1.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 1, Mantra 6
Sukta 9.1
Rishi: Madhucchandas (traditional)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna; with a mythic agency ‘Sūryasya duhitā’ (often read as a purifying power like the sieve/stream, or dawn-like radiance)
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पुनाति ते परिस्रुतं सोमं सूर्यस्य दुहिता । वारेण शश्वता तना ॥
Transliteration
punā́ti te pari-srútaṃ sómaṃ sū́ryasya duhitā́ | vā́reṇa śáśvatā tánā ||
Translation
ابنةُ سُوريا تُطهِّر سوماكَ وهو ينسابُ مُحيطًا—بمِصفاةِ الماءِ الأزليةِ من كينونتها؛ قوّةُ النورِ المُميِّزةُ التي تُصفّي اللذّةَ إلى حقيقةٍ صافية.
Word by Word
पुनातिpurifies
पुनाति:
क्रिया (मुख्य क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पूञ्) / पुनाति (present stem)
तेfor you / of you
ते:
सम्प्रदान (for you) / सम्बन्ध (of you)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम
परिस्रुतम्flowed around; well-filtered
परिस्रुतम्:
कर्म (object-qualifier)
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootपरि-√स्रु (स्रु) + क्त (PPP) → परिस्रुत
सोमम्Soma (the pressed/ritual drink)
सोमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यस्यof the Sun
सूर्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
दुहिताthe daughter
दुहिता:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootदुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
वारेणwith water
वारेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवारि/वार (प्रातिपदिक; ‘water’)
शश्वताeverlasting; continual
शश्वता:
करण (adverbial-instrumental: ‘continually’)
TypeAdjective
Rootशश्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
तनाby herself; in her own person
तना:
करण (adverbial: ‘by oneself, in one’s own person’)
TypeNoun (adverbial use)
Rootतनू/तन् (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic instr. ‘tana’ = ‘by/with the body, by oneself’)
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