Mantra 4
Sukta 9.23
Rishi: Uncertain/Traditional: Soma Pavamāna seers
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from provided verse alone
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभि सोमास आयवः पवन्ते मद्यं मदम् । अभि कोशं मधुश्चुतम् ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
अ॒भि सोमा॑स आ॒यव॒: पव॑न्ते॒ मद्यं॒ मद॑म् । अ॒भि कोशं॑ मधु॒श्चुत॑म् ॥
Transliteration
abhí somāsa āyávaḥ pávante mádyaṃ mádam | abhí kóśaṃ madhuścútam ||
Translation
The Somas, the aspiring powers, purify themselves and flow toward the rapture that is to be drunk; they flow toward the vessel that drips honey—toward the heart-cup of delight.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
अ॒भि । सोमा॑सः । आ॒यवः॑ । पव॑न्ते । मद्य॑म् । मद॑म् । अ॒भि । कोश॑म् । म॒धु॒ऽश्चुत॑म् ॥अभि । सोमासः । आयवः । पवन्ते । मद्यम् । मदम् । अभि । कोशम् । मधुश्चुतम् ॥abhi | somāsaḥ | āyavaḥ | pavante | madyam | madam | abhi | kośam | madhu-ścutam
Word by Word
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
Adhikaraṇa (directional/locative sense with motion)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सोमासःSoma (plants/juices), the Soma-drops
सोमासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
आयवःswift/active (as an epithet of Soma-streams)
आयवः:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootआयु (प्रातिपदिक) → आयव्- (वैदिक बहुवचन-प्रातिपदिक ‘आयवः’)
पवन्तेthey purify/flow (as purifying streams)
पवन्ते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपू (धातु) ‘to purify/cleanse’
मद्यंintoxicating (drink), exhilarating
मद्यं:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
मदम्intoxication, exhilaration
मदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
Adhikaraṇa (directional)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
कोशम्vessel, container (soma-vat)
कोशम्:
Karma (goal/object reached)
TypeNoun
Rootकोश (प्रातिपदिक)
मधुश्चुतम्honey-dripping, sweet-flowing
मधुश्चुतम्:
Karma (as qualifier of ‘कोशम्’)
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootमधु-च्युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक); √च्युत्/√च्यु (to drip, to flow) with prefix sense ‘honey-shedding’