Rig Veda 9.22.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 22, Mantra 3
Sukta 9.22
Rishi: Uncertain/Traditional: Soma Pavamāna seers
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from provided verse alone
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एते पूता विपश्चितः सोमासो दध्याशिरः । विपा व्यानशुर्धियः ॥
Transliteration
eté pūtā́ vipaścítaḥ somāso dádhyāśiraḥ | vípā ví ānaśur dhíyaḥ ||
Translation
هذه السُّوما المُطهَّرة، البصيرةُ النافذة، الممزوجةُ باللَّبَنِ المُخَثَّر، قد بَلَغَت على سَعةٍ خواطرَ الإلهام؛ وتمضي كقُوى الرُّؤاة، فاتحةً الذكاءَ في جهاتٍ شتّى.
Word by Word
एतेthese
एते:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / एत-
पूताःpurified
पूताः:
Kartā (एते/सोमासः के विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective (Past participle)
Rootपू (धातु) → पूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, भूतकृत्/कृदन्त) अथवा √पू (पवने) से निष्पन्न
विपश्चितःwise, discerning
विपश्चितः:
Kartā (एते/सोमासः के विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootवि-पश्चित् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विशेषेण पश्यति/जानाति’)
सोमासःSoma-juices
सोमासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
दध्याशिरःmixed with curd (curd-mixture)
दध्याशिरः:
Kartā (सोमासः के विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeNoun (compound) / Adjective
Rootदधि + आशिर् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
विपाःactive/impelling ones
विपाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवि-प (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कम्पन/प्रेरण’ अर्थे, ‘कम्पयितारः/प्रेरकाः’ इत्यर्थे) अथवा ‘विप्’ वर्गीय नाम
व्यानशुःhave reached, have attained
व्यानशुः:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√नश् (प्रापणे) उपसर्गः वि-आ- (व्यानशुः = वि + आ + नशुः)
धियःinsights, prayers
धियः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, insight, prayer’)
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