Rig Veda 9.11.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 11, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.11

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उपास्मै गायता नरः पवमानायेन्दवे । अभि देवाँ इयक्षते ॥

Transliteration

úpāsmai gāyatā naraḥ pavamānā́yéndave | abhí devā́m̐ iyakṣate ||

Translation

Singt ihm nahe, o Männer, dem Indu, dem Pavamāna; vorandrängend geht er zu den Göttern und bringt die göttlichen Mächte in Reichweite.

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Word by Word

• उप: near, towards; (as preverb) up/near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग) / उप (अव्यय)

• अस्मै: to him (for him)
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गायत: sing (you all)!
• गायत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (गायति) धातु

• नरः: men, heroes (singers)
• नरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवमानाय: to the purifying (Soma)
• पवमानाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पवमान (सोम-विशेषण; √पू/पु ‘to purify’ से वर्तमान-प्रत्यय -मान)

• इन्दवे: to Indu, the Soma-drop
• इन्दवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; सोम)

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• इयक्षते: he seeks to worship / he desires to sacrifice (to them)
• इयक्षते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (यजति) धातु; (इयक्षते = desiderative/वेदिक-रूप: ‘to wish to worship/sacrifice’)