Rig Veda 9.86.46: Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 46

Sukta 9.86

Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in the provided excerpt (Pavamāna Soma corpus; often attributed in tradition to various seers—requires hymn-level Anukramaṇī confirmation).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma).

Chandas: Likely Jagatī (common in RV 9; exact meter requires syllable count verification).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

असर्जि स्कम्भो दिव उद्यतो मदः परि त्रिधातुर्भुवनान्यर्षति । अंशुं रिहन्ति मतयः पनिप्नतं गिरा यदि निर्णिजमृग्मिणो ययुः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.86.46

Transliteration

asárji skambhó divá udyató mádaḥ pári tridʰātúr bhúvanāny arṣati | aṃśúṃ rihanti matáyaḥ panípnataṃ girā yádi nirṇíjam ṛgmíṇo yayúḥ ||

Translation

أُطلِقَ عمودُ الإسناد من ذُرى الضياء؛ والنشوةُ المرفوعةُ تفيضُ مُحيطةً بالعوالمِ القائمةِ على الأساسِ الثلاثي. قوى الفكر تَلْحَسُ الشعاعَ اللامعَ وتُنقِّيه، وتُشَكِّلُه برِقّة؛ وحين يمضي المُنشدون بالترنيمة، يُلبِسونه حُلّتَه المتلألئة.

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• असर्जि: was released / has been set in motion
• असर्जि: (finite verb of clause 1)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्

• स्कम्भः: the prop/support (pillar)
• स्कम्भः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कम्भ

• दिवः: of heaven / of the sky
• दिवः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्

• उद्यतः: raised up / uplifted
• उद्यतः: Viśeṣaṇa of स्कम्भः
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: उद्-यम्

• मदः: intoxication / exhilaration (Soma-rapture)
• मदः: Kartā (apposition to स्कम्भः, or co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद

• परि: around
• परि: (upasarga with verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• त्रिधातुः: of the threefold (world/order)
• त्रिधातुः: Apādāna/Adhikaraṇa nuance with परि…अर्षति (around/through the threefold realm)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: त्रि-धातु

• भुवनानि: the worlds / beings
• भुवनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन

• अर्षति: flows / rushes
• अर्षति: (finite verb of clause 1)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋष्/अर्ष्

• अंशुम्: the Soma-stalk / ray (of Soma)
• अंशुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशु

• रिहन्ति: they lick / lap
• रिहन्ति: (finite verb of clause 2)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिह्

• मतयः: thoughts / hymnic inspirations
• मतयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति

• पनिप्नतम्: well-pressed / thoroughly purified (of Soma)
• पनिप्नतम्: Viśeṣaṇa of अंशुम्
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: पनि-√प्नत् (denom./intensive from √पन्/√प्नद्? Vedic form)

• गिरा: with song / by hymn
• गिरा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्

• यदि: when / as
• यदि: (connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• निर्णिजम्: garment / shining covering (radiance)
• निर्णिजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्णिज्

• ऋग्मिणः: the hymn-possessing (singers/priests)
• ऋग्मिणः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ऋग्मिन्

• ययुः: have gone / went
• ययुः: (finite verb of clause 3)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या