Rig Veda 9.62.25: Mandala 9, Sukta 62, Mantra 25

Sukta 9.62

Rishi: Jamadagni

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवस्व वाचो अग्रियः सोम चित्राभिरूतिभिः । अभि विश्वानि काव्या ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.62.25

Transliteration

pávasva vācó agriyáḥ sóma citrā́bhir ūtíbhiḥ | abhí víśvāni kā́vyā ||

Translation

Läutere dich, o Soma, als der Vorderste der inspirierten Rede; mit deinen vielfarbigen Hilfskräften dringe auf alle dichterischen Geheimnisse ein und erwecke sie.

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Word by Word

• पवस्व: purify yourself / flow forth (as purified)
• पवस्व: — (predicate; addressed to Soma)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (pū) / √पव् (pav) ‘to purify, flow’

• वाचः: of speech / from speech
• वाचः: Apādāna (source/point of reference) / Adhikaraṇa (sphere)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्- (f.)

• अग्रियः: foremost / pre-eminent
• अग्रियः: Kartā (as epithet of Soma, agreeing with implied ‘सॊमः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्रिय- (adj.) < अग्र ‘foremost’

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम- (m.)

• चित्राभिः: with bright / wondrous
• चित्राभिः: Karaṇa (means) (qualifying ‘ऊतिभिः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्रा- (adj.) ‘bright, variegated’

• ऊतिभिः: with aids / with protections
• ऊतिभिः: Karaṇa (means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति- (f.) ‘help, aid, protection’

• अभि: towards / over / upon
• अभि: — (modifies verbal sense ‘towards/over’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (prep./upasarga)

• विश्वानि: all (things)
• विश्वानि: Karma (object of implied action with अभि)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व- (adj./pron.) ‘all’

• काव्या: poetic (utterances) / inspired poems
• काव्या: Karma (in apposition to ‘विश्वानि’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काव्य- (n.) ‘poetic works/poems; inspired utterances’