Mantra 4
Sukta 9.109
Devata: Soma (Pavamāna)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पवस्व सोम महान्त्समुद्रः पिता देवानां विश्वाभि धाम ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
पव॑स्व सोम म॒हान्त्स॑मु॒द्रः पि॒ता दे॒वानां॒ विश्वा॒भि धाम॑ ॥
Transliteration
páv asva soma mahā́nt samudráḥ pitā́ devā́nāṃ víśvābhi dhā́ma ||
Translation
Purify thyself, O Soma, as a vast ocean; a father of the gods, encompassing all their seats of power—fill and uphold all the domains within us.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
पव॑स्व । सो॒म॒ । म॒हान् । स॒मु॒द्रः । पि॒ता । दे॒वाना॑म् । विश्वा॑ । अ॒भि । धाम॑ ॥पवस्व । सोम । महान् । समुद्रः । पिता । देवानाम् । विश्वा । अभि । धाम ॥pavasva | soma | mahān | samudraḥ | pitā | devānām | viśvā | abhi | dhāma
Word by Word
पवस्वpurify yourself / flow forth (as purified Soma)
पवस्व:
(predicate; addressed action)
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पुनाति/पवते) ‘to purify, to flow (as Soma)’
सोमO Soma
सोम:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (prātipadika; from √सु ‘to press’ > soma ‘pressed juice’)
महान्great
महान्:
Kartā (with implied ‘asi’/‘bhavasi’)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्- (prātipadika) ‘great’
समुद्रःocean
समुद्रः:
Kartā (predicative/appositional to Soma)
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र- (prātipadika) ‘ocean, sea; (Vedic) great mass/collection’
पिताfather
पिता:
Kartā (predicative/appositional to Soma)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ- (prātipadika) ‘father’
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessive relation with पिता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (prātipadika) ‘god’
विश्वाभिtowards/over all
विश्वाभि:
(adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable (compound adverbial) / particle
Rootविश्व- (prātipadika) ‘all’ + अभि (upasarga/indeclinable) ‘towards, over, upon’
धामabode / station / splendor
धाम:
Karma (object with implied verb such as ‘attains/overlooks/fills’ in Vedic predication)
TypeNoun
Rootधामन्- (prātipadika) ‘abode, seat; (Vedic) luminous station/power’