Rig Veda 9.107.21: Mandala 9, Sukta 107, Mantra 21
Sukta 9.107
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मृज्यमानः सुहस्त्य समुद्रे वाचमिन्वसि । रयिं पिशङ्गं बहुलं पुरुस्पृहं पवमानाभ्यर्षसि ॥
Transliteration
mṛjyámānaḥ su-hástya samudré vā́cam invasi | rayíṃ piśáṅgaṃ bahuláṃ puru-spṛ́haṃ pávamānā́bhy arṣasi ||
Translation
Während du gereinigt wirst, o du mit geschickter Hand, setzt du das Wort in Bewegung im ozeanweiten Raum. Du strömst hervor, o Pavamāna, und bringst den fahlgoldenen Glanz-Reichtum — reichlich, vielfältig, vielbegehrt.
Word by Word
मृज्यमानःbeing purified / being cleansed
मृज्यमानः:
Kartā (स्तुत्यः सोमः) / विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootमृज् (धातु) → मृज्यमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
सुहस्त्यO good-handed (one)
सुहस्त्य:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधनः)
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootसु- + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक) → सुहस्ति (स्त्री) ; सम्बोधन-एकवचनम्
समुद्रेin the ocean
समुद्रे:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थान/आश्रयः)
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वाचम्speech, voice
वाचम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्वसिyou impel / set in motion
इन्वसि:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootइन्/इन्व् (धातु; ‘to set in motion, impel, drive’)
रयिम्wealth
रयिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक)
पिशङ्गम्tawny, golden-brown
पिशङ्गम्:
Karma (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootपिशङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
बहुलम्abundant
बहुलम्:
Karma (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुल (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुस्पृहम्much-desired, greatly coveted
पुरुस्पृहम्:
Karma (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु- + स्पृह (प्रातिपदिक; ‘desire, longing’) → पुरुस्पृह
पवमानO Pavamāna (purifying Soma)
पवमान:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधनः)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootपू (धातु ‘to purify’) → पवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
अभ्यर्षसिyou flow toward / rush upon
अभ्यर्षसि:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootऋष्/अर्ष् (धातु; ‘to flow, rush’) + अभि- (उपसर्ग)
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