Rig Veda 9.100.8: Mandala 9, Sukta 100, Mantra 8

Sukta 9.100

Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seer tradition (RV 9.100).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh; verify by scansion.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवमान महि श्रवश्चित्रेभिर्यासि रश्मिभिः । शर्धन्तमांसि जिघ्नसे विश्वानि दाशुषो गृहे ॥

Transliteration

pavamāna máhi śrávaś citrébhir yāsi raśmíbhīḥ | śárdhan tamā́ṃsi jighnase víśvāni dāśúṣo gṛhé ||

Translation

يا بافامانا، تمضي بصيتٍ عظيمٍ بأشعّتك المتعدّدة الألوان. مندفعًا إلى الأمام، تُسقِطُ كلَّ الظلمات في بيتِ المُعطي.

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Word by Word

• पवमानः: the purifying (Soma)
• पवमानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पवमान- (√पू ‘to purify’ > पव-; present middle participle)

• महि: greatly, mightily
• महि: —
• Type: Adjective (indeclinable use)
• Root: महि (मह्/महत्- ‘great’)

• श्रवः: fame, glory
• श्रवः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस्-

• चित्रेभिः: with bright/variegated (ones)
• चित्रेभिः: करण
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: चित्र-

• यासि: you go, you move
• यासि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (to go)

• रश्मिभिः: with rays, with reins
• रश्मिभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि-

• शर्धन्तम्: the assailing/hostile (one)
• शर्धन्तम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: शर्धन्त- (from √शृध्/शर्ध् ‘to be violent/assail’; present participle)

• अंसि: limbs/haunches (lit. shoulders)
• अंसि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंसि (अंस- ‘shoulder/haunch’; Vedic form)

• जिघ्नसे: you strike, you smite
• जिघ्नसे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (to strike, slay)

• विश्वानि: all (things), all (of them)
• विश्वानि: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व-

• दाशुषः: of the worshipper/giver
• दाशुषः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun/Participle (substantive)
• Root: दाशुष्- (perf. participle from √दाश्/√दा ‘to give, worship’)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह-