Rig Veda 9.63.23: Mandala 9, Sukta 63, Mantra 23

Sukta 9.63

Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seer-poets

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verify metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवमान नि तोशसे रयिं सोम श्रवाय्यम् । प्रियः समुद्रमा विश ॥

Transliteration

pávamāna ní tośase rayíṃ soma śravā́yyam | priyáḥ samudrám ā́ víśa ||

Translation

يا سوما، أيّها المُطهِّر، استقرَّ في بهجتنا وامنحْنا rayi—غِنىً جديرًا بأن تُنصِتَ إليه الإلهامات؛ أيّها الحبيب، ادخلْ في بحرِ الامتلاء.

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Word by Word

• पवमान: O Pavamāna (purifying Soma)
• पवमान: सम्बोधन (addressed)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: पवमान- (सोमविशेषः; √पू (पवते) ‘to purify/flow’)

• नि: down, into; forth (as preverb)
• नि: क्रियाविशेषण (verb-modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• तोशसे: thou art pleased / thou takest delight
• तोशसे: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तुष् (तोषति/तुष्यति) ‘to please, satisfy’

• रयिम्: wealth, riches
• रयिम्: कर्म (object of giving/bringing implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि-

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: सम्बोधन (addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-

• श्रवाय्यम्: fame-worthy, glorious
• श्रवाय्यम्: कर्म (qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रवाय्य- (श्रवस् ‘fame’ + -य्य; ‘worthy of fame/hearing’)

• प्रियः: dear, beloved
• प्रियः: कर्तृ (subject/apposition to Soma)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रिय-

• समुद्रम्: the ocean, sea
• समुद्रम्: कर्म/गति-लक्ष्य (goal with motion ‘toward/into the sea’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र-

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण (verb-modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• विश: enter!
• विश: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (विशति) ‘to enter’