Rig Veda 9.66.13: Mandala 9, Sukta 66, Mantra 13

Sukta 9.66

Rishi: Traditionally: Soma Pavamāna corpus; specific rishi attribution varies by Anukramaṇī for this hymn (needs project-level authority file).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu as purified Soma); imagery also invokes Āpaḥ/Sindhavaḥ as supporting powers.

Chandas: Likely Jagatī (common in RV 9 Soma hymns); verify by syllable count in a metrical pass.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ण इन्दो महे रण आपो अर्षन्ति सिन्धवः । यद्गोभिर्वासयिष्यसे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.66.13

Transliteration

prá ṇa indó mahé ráṇe ā́po arṣanti síndhavaḥ | yád góbhir vāsayiṣyáse ||

Translation

Ströme voran für uns, o Indu, zur großen Schlacht: die Wasser, die stürmenden Ströme des Seins, ergießen sich, wenn du die Lichtstrahlen — die „Kühe“ — in uns wohnen und sich sammeln lassen willst.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (beneficiary/for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma)
• इन्दो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्दु (prātipadika)

• महे: for the great (goal/benefit)
• महे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: महत् (prātipadika)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (prātipadika)

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप् (prātipadika)

• अर्षन्ति: flow, rush
• अर्षन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋष् (धातु) / अर्ष् (Vedic present stem)

• सिन्धवः: rivers, streams
• सिन्धवः: कर्तृ (apposition to आपः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (prātipadika)

• यत्: when / that which
• यत्: कर्म (of the following verb, in sense ‘that/when’)
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद्

• गोभिः: with cows; with rays (metaph.)
• गोभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (prātipadika)

• वासयिष्यसे: you will cause to dwell/settle; you will clothe/cover
• वासयिष्यसे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वासय् (causative of वस् ‘to dwell/cover/clothe’) + भविष्यत् formation