Rig Veda 9.86.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.86

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र त आशवः पवमान धीजवो मदा अर्षन्ति रघुजा इव त्मना । दिव्याः सुपर्णा मधुमन्त इन्दवो मदिन्तमासः परि कोशमासते ॥

Transliteration

prá ta āśávaḥ pavamāna dhī-jávo madā́ arṣanti raghujā́ iva tmánā | divyā́ḥ suparṇā́ mádhu-manta índavo madíntamāsaḥ pári kóśam āsate ||

Translation

Vorwärts stürmen deine schnellen Ströme, o Soma, der sich läutert: Regungen, von inspiriertem Denken getrieben, eilen aus eigener Seelenkraft wie Läufer. Die göttlichen, schönbeflügelten, honigvollen Tropfen, die berauschendsten an Wonne, lagern sich rings um das Gefäß der Umfassung.

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Word by Word

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

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• आशवः: the swift ones
• आशवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: आशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवमान: O Pavamāna (purifying Soma)
• पवमान: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Participle (epithet)
• Root: पवमान (√पू ‘to purify’ + शानच्, present participle)

• धीजवः: swift through inspiration / impelled by thought
• धीजवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: धी (f.) + जव (m.) → धी-जव (प्रातिपदिक, bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa)

• मदाः: intoxicating draughts / exhilarations
• मदाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्षन्ति: they rush/flow
• अर्षन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋष्/अर्ष् (to flow, rush)

• रघुजाः: swift-born / quickly moving
• रघुजाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: रघु (adj.) + जा (from √जन् ‘be born/produce’) → रघुजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• त्मना: by (their) own self / of themselves
• त्मना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic for आत्मन्)

• दिव्याः: heavenly, divine
• दिव्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुपर्णाः: fair-winged (birds)
• सुपर्णाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुपर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुमन्तः: honeyed, sweet
• मधुमन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्दवः: Soma-drops
• इन्दवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदिन्तमासः: most exhilarating
• मदिन्तमासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मदिन् (adj. from √मद् ‘be exhilarated’) + तमप् (superlative) → मदिन्तम (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (upasarga)

• कोशम्: vessel, vat (filtering vessel)
• कोशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश (प्रातिपदिक)

• आसते: they sit/settle (upon), take their place
• आसते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आस् (to sit) with preverb आ-