Rig Veda 9.13.5 — Mandala 9, Sukta 13, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.13

Rishi: Unspecified in provided input; requires Anukramaṇī mapping for RV 9.13.5.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (plural indavaḥ as streams/powers).

Chandas: Likely Gāyatrī; requires verification.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ते नः सहस्रिणं रयिं पवन्तामा सुवीर्यम् । सुवाना देवास इन्दवः ॥

Transliteration

té naḥ sahasríṇaṃ rayíṃ pávantām ā́ su-vī́ryam | suvānā́ devā́sa índavaḥ ||

Translation

May these Indu powers—divine in their working, well-expressed—purify for us a thousandfold plenitude, bringing also the noble hero-strength into our nature.

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → सः/सा/तत्

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रिणम्: thousandfold / rich in thousands
• सहस्रिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a thousand, thousandfold’)

• रयिम्: wealth, treasure
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवन्ताम्: let them purify/flow
• पवन्ताम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु; ‘to purify/cleanse’) → पवते

• आ: towards, hither; intensifier
• आ: (क्रिया-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• सुवीर्यम्: good heroism / splendid strength
• सुवीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good heroism/valour, manly power’)

• सुवाना: pressing (Soma), being pressed
• सुवाना: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: सु (धातु; ‘to press/express Soma’) → सुनोति; क्त/शानच्-प्रत्यय

• देवासः: the gods
• देवासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्दवः: the Soma-drops
• इन्दवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘drop; Soma’)