Rig Veda 9.30.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 30, Mantra 6

Sukta 9.30

Devata: Soma for Indra (Indra as principal recipient)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सुनोता मधुमत्तमं सोममिन्द्राय वज्रिणे । चारुं शर्धाय मत्सरम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.30.6

Transliteration

sunótā mádhumattamaṃ sómam índrāya vájriṇe | cā́ruṃ śárdhāya matsarám ||

Translation

Presst den honigsüßesten, honigreichsten Soma für Indra, den Vajra-Träger; presst den schönen matsar, die Trunkenheit für die śardha, die Schar.

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Word by Word

• सुनोत: Press/extract (ye)
• सुनोत: (predicate verb; governs कर्म ‘सोमम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सु (सुवति/सुनोति ‘to press, extract (Soma)’)

• मधुमत्तमम्: the most honeyed/sweetest
• मधुमत्तमम्: कर्म (qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (adj. ‘honeyed, sweet’) + -तम (superlative)

• सोमम्: Soma (juice)
• सोमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• वज्रिणे: for the vajra-wielder
• वज्रिणे: सम्प्रदान (same recipient as ‘इन्द्राय’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वज्रिन् (adj./noun ‘wielder of the vajra’)

• चारुम्: lovely, pleasing
• चारुम्: कर्म (qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (adj. ‘pleasant, lovely’)

• शर्धाय: for the host/band
• शर्धाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्ध (n. ‘troop, host, band’)

• मत्सरम्: intoxicating exhilaration
• मत्सरम्: कर्म (as a further object/appositive to ‘सोमम्’ or as what is produced/offered)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्सर (m. ‘intoxication; exhilaration; (Soma-)rapture’)