Rig Veda 9.66.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 66, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.66

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवस्व विश्वचर्षणेऽभि विश्वानि काव्या । सखा सखिभ्य ईड्यः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.66.1

Transliteration

pávasva viśva-carṣaṇe 'bhí viśvā́ni kā́vyā | sákhā sákhibhya ī́ḍyaḥ ||

Translation

Läutere dich, o du, der unter allen Völkern wandelt; tritt ein in alle kávya, die inspirierten Dichtungen. O Freund, von Freunden preiswürdig!

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Word by Word

• पवस्व: Purify yourself / flow forth (as Soma).
• पवस्व: — (finite verb) संबोधन-आज्ञार्थ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (pū) / √पव् (pav-) ‘to purify, flow’

• विश्वचर्षणे: O (you) of all peoples / O universal one.
• विश्वचर्षणे: Sambodhana (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: विश्व-चर्षणि (prātipadika; विश्व ‘all’ + चर्षणि ‘men/peoples’)

• अभि: towards, over, upon.
• अभि: Karma-pravacanīya (direction ‘towards/over’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (upasarga/preposition)

• विश्वानि: all (things).
• विश्वानि: Karma (object of motion/extension with अभि)
• Type: Adjective used substantively
• Root: विश्व (sarvanāma-adjective stem)

• काव्या: poetic inspirations / wise works (hymns).
• काव्या: Karma (in apposition to विश्वानि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काव्य (from कवि; ‘poetic/wise works, inspired utterances’)

• सखा: (as) a friend.
• सखा: Kartā (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (prātipadika)

• सखिभ्यः: to/for (his) friends.
• सखिभ्यः: Sampradāna (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (prātipadika)

• ईड्यः: praiseworthy, worthy of invocation.
• ईड्यः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate adjective of सखा)
• Type: Adjective (kṛdanta)
• Root: ईड्य (gerundive/adjectival from √ईड् ‘to praise, invoke’)