Rig Veda 9.67.11: Mandala 9, Sukta 67, Mantra 11
Sukta 9.67
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with offering destination: Kapardin, i.e., Rudra)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अयं सोमः कपर्दिने घृतं न पवते मधु । आ भक्षत्कन्यासु नः ॥
Transliteration
ayáṃ sómaḥ kapardíne ghṛtáṃ na pavate mádhu | ā bhakṣat kanyā́su naḥ ||
Translation
Dieser Soma strömt für den Kapardin wie geklärtes Ghee — lauter Süße; er schenke uns Anteil am Trank und Nahrung in unseren jungfräulichen, stets neu erwachenden Kräften.
Word by Word
अयम्this (one), he
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
कपर्दिनेto/for the Kapardin (the matted-/braided-haired one; epithet, esp. Rudra/Śiva)
कपर्दिने:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootकपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
घृतम्ghee, clarified butter
घृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as (comparative particle)
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
पवतेpurifies/flows (as purified Soma)
पवते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पवते) / √पु (शुद्धौ)
मधुhoney; sweetness
मधु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
भक्षत्may he eat/partake; let him enjoy
भक्षत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भक्ष् (भक्षणे)
कन्यासुamong/in the maidens
कन्यासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
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