Rig Veda 9.61.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.61

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

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (to be verified)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ये ते पवित्रमूर्मयोऽभिक्षरन्ति धारया । तेभिर्नः सोम मृळय ॥

Transliteration

yé te pavítram ū́rmayo ’bhíkṣaranti dhā́rayā | tébhir naḥ soma mṛḷaya ||

Translation

Jene Wogen von dir, die in stetigem Strom durch das Sieb rinnen — durch sie, o Soma, erbarme dich unser: schenke Frieden und frohe Befreiung; heile das Wesen mit deinem reinigenden Fluss.

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Word by Word

• ये: who/which (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ते: of you/thy
• ते: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• पवित्रम्: the filter/strainer (pavitra)
• पवित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (prātipadika; from √पू ‘to purify’)

• ऊर्मयः: waves/surges
• ऊर्मयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्मि (prātipadika)

• अभि: towards, over, upon
• अभि: (preverb; directional/intensifying)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (upasarga/avyaya)

• क्षरन्ति: they flow, they stream
• क्षरन्ति: (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षर् (क्षरणे)

• धारया: with a stream/in a stream
• धारया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (prātipadika)

• तेभिः: with those (with them)
• तेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• नः: to us/for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• मृळय: be gracious; show mercy
• मृळय: (imperative predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृळ्/मृड् (सुखकरणे/अनुग्रहे)