Rig Veda 9.61.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.61

Rishi: RV 9 Pavamāna tradition; specific attribution requires Anukramaṇī.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (to be verified)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवमानस्य ते वयं पवित्रमभ्युन्दतः । सखित्वमा वृणीमहे ॥

Transliteration

pavamā́nasya te vayáṃ pavítram abhyúndataḥ | sakhitvám ā́ vṛṇīmahe ||

Translation

Dich, den Selbstreinigenden, wenn du dich auf das Sieb ergießest, erwählen wir uns: die Freundschaft, das Gefährtentum — ein inniger Bund mit deiner klärenden Wonne.

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Word by Word

• पवमानस्य: of the purifying (Soma)
• पवमानस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) विशेषण-सम्बन्धः (of Soma)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पवमान- (√पू ‘to purify/cleanse’ → पवमान ‘purifying, flowing (Soma)’)

• ते: to you / your
• ते: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to you / your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun) → ते

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (1st person pronoun) → वयम्

• पवित्रम्: the filter (purifying sieve)
• पवित्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र- (instrument of purification; sieve/filter) < √पू

• अभि: towards, onto
• अभि: (क्रियाविशेषण) गत्यर्थ-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अभि

• उन्दतः: of (him) pouring/sprinkling
• उन्दतः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (agentive qualifier of Soma)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √उन्द् (to wet, sprinkle, pour) → उन्दत्

• सखित्वम्: friendship
• सखित्वम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (abstract)
• Root: सखि- (friend) → सखित्व- (friendship)

• आ: towards, unto (fully)
• आ: (क्रियाविशेषण) पूर्णता/आगमन-भावः
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ

• वृणीमहे: we choose / we seek
• वृणीमहे: क्रिया (कर्तृ = वयम्; कर्म = सखित्वम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृणीते) ‘to choose, select’