Mantra 8
Sukta 9.12
Rishi: Unspecified in provided input (Pavamāna Soma corpus; traditionally attributed within Book 9 to Soma hymnist lineages—requires padya-index crosswalk to Anukramaṇī for exact rishi).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (purifying Soma as deity-power).
Chandas: Likely Gāyatrī/related short meter typical of many Pavamāna verses; exact meter requires syllable count verification against Saṃhitā recension.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभि प्रिया दिवस्पदा सोमो हिन्वानो अर्षति । विप्रस्य धारया कविः ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
अ॒भि प्रि॒या दि॒वस्प॒दा सोमो॑ हिन्वा॒नो अ॑र्षति । विप्र॑स्य॒ धार॑या क॒विः ॥
Transliteration
abhí priyā divás-padā sómo hinvānáḥ arṣati | víprasya dhā́rayā kavíḥ ||
Translation
Soma, urged onward, streams toward the beloved stations of the luminous Heaven; the Seer moves in the inspired one by his current, bearing the clarity of vision.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
अ॒भि । प्रि॒या । दि॒वः । प॒दा । सोमः॑ । हि॒न्वा॒नः । अ॒र्ष॒ति॒ । विप्र॑स्य । धार॑या । क॒विः ॥अभि । प्रिया । दिवः । पदा । सोमः । हिन्वानः । अर्षति । विप्रस्य । धारया । कविः ॥abhi | priyā | divaḥ | padā | somaḥ | hinvānaḥ | arṣati | viprasya | dhārayā | kaviḥ
Word by Word
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
Adhikaraṇa (directional/locative sense with motion) / Upasarga to verb
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
प्रियाःdear, beloved (places/ones)
प्रियाः:
Karma (object of motion ‘towards the dear [places]’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof heaven
दिवः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation) qualifying ‘पदा’
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ ‘heaven’)
पदाby the track/step; by the path
पदा:
Karaṇa (means/way: ‘by the heavenly track/step’)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā (agent)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
हिन्वानःbeing driven on; speeding
हिन्वानः:
Kartā (appositional to ‘सोमः’)
TypeParticiple
Rootहिनु (धातु) / √हिन्व् ‘to impel, set in motion’
अर्षतिflows; rushes
अर्षति:
Kriyā (finite verb of the clause)
TypeVerb
Rootऋष्/अर्ष् (धातु √ऋष्/√अर्ष् ‘to flow, move swiftly’)
विप्रस्यof the inspired priest/sage
विप्रस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive: ‘of the inspired sage/priest’)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
धारयाwith a stream; in a flow
धारया:
Karaṇa (instrument: ‘with/by a stream’)
TypeNoun
Rootधारा (प्रातिपदिक; from √धृ ‘to hold’ → ‘stream, flow’)
कविःthe seer; poet (sage)
कविः:
Kartā (apposition to ‘सोमः’: Soma as ‘the seer/poet’)
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)