Rig Veda 9.61.19: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 19

Sukta 9.61

Rishi: Traditionally attributed within the Pavamāna Soma corpus (RV 9) to Soma-pavamāna seers; specific ṛṣi for 9.61 is transmitted in Anukramaṇī traditions (commonly within the Kaśyapa/others pavamāna attributions), but not recoverable from the provided input alone.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (typical for many RV 9 stanzas; exact meter should be verified against pada syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यस्ते मदो वरेण्यस्तेना पवस्वान्धसा । देवावीरघशंसहा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.61.19

Transliteration

yás te mádo váreṇyas ténā pavásvā́ndhasā | devā́vīr aghaśaṃsahā́ ||

Translation

Mit jenem deinem Rausch (mada), dem erlesensten, reinige dich durch das Auspressen (andhasā); o Helfer der Götter, Vernichter feindlicher Lüge und übler Rede.

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Word by Word

• यः: which, that (he/it which)
• यः: सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (यः = ‘which/that’ referring to ‘मदः’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive: possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मदः: exhilaration, intoxication, rapture (Soma’s thrill)
• मदः: कर्तृ/विषय (subject of implied ‘अस्ति’ / predicate base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक) < √मद् ‘to be exhilarated/intoxicated’

• वरेण्यः: most choice-worthy, excellent
• वरेण्यः: विशेषण (qualifier of ‘मदः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरेण्य (प्रातिपदिक) < √वृ ‘to choose’ (gerundive/adj. ‘to be chosen’)

• तेन: with that, by that
• तेन: करण (instrument: ‘with/by that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पवस्व: purify yourself; flow purified
• पवस्व: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया; addressed to Soma)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते) ‘to purify, to flow clear’

• अन्धसा: with the (pressed) Soma-juice; with the draught
• अन्धसा: करण (instrument/means: with the Soma-juice)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवावीर: O god-hero; O heroic god
• देवावीर: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative compound epithet)
• Root: देवावीर (समास-प्रातिपदिक: देवा + वीर)

• अघशंसहा: O slayer/overcomer of evil-speaking (malediction)
• अघशंसहा: सम्बोधन-विशेषण (epithet in address)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: अघशंसह (समास-प्रातिपदिक: अघ-शंस + √हन्/√सह ‘to smite/overcome’)