Mantra 1
Sukta 9.24
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र सोमासो अधन्विषुः पवमानास इन्दवः । श्रीणाना अप्सु मृञ्जत ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
प्र सोमा॑सो अधन्विषु॒: पव॑मानास॒ इन्द॑वः । श्री॒णा॒ना अ॒प्सु मृ॑ञ्जत ॥
Transliteration
prá somā́so adhanviṣuḥ pávamānāsa índavaḥ | śrīṇā́nā apsú mṛ́ñjata ||
Translation
Forth the Soma-drops have sped, the purifying Indus: filling themselves, they cleanse themselves in the waters—making the streams of consciousness fit for the rite of Truth.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
प्र । सोमा॑सः । अ॒ध॒न्वि॒षुः॒ । पव॑मानासः । इन्द॑वः । श्री॒णा॒नाः । अ॒प्ऽसु । मृ॒ञ्ज॒त॒ ॥प्र । सोमासः । अधन्विषुः । पवमानासः । इन्दवः । श्रीणानाः । अप्सु । मृञ्जत ॥pra | somāsaḥ | adhanviṣuḥ | pavamānāsaḥ | indavaḥ | śrīṇānāḥ | ap-su | mṛñjata
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
सोमासःthe Soma (drops/juices)
सोमासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
अधन्विषुःhave streamed/ran
अधन्विषुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधन्व्/धनु (धातु: धन्व् ‘to run/stream, to hasten’ in Vedic usage)
पवमानासःpurifying, being purified
पवमानासः:
Kartā (in apposition to सोमासः)
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootपवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; from √पू/√पु ‘to purify’ > पवते ‘is purified’)
इन्दवःdrops (of Soma)
इन्दवः:
Kartā (in apposition to सोमासः)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रीणानाःmixing/being mixed (well-prepared)
श्रीणानाः:
Kartā (in apposition to सोमासः)
TypeAdjective (participle)
Root√श्री (धातु ‘to mix, to cook/prepare’; Vedic: ‘to mix/season, to prepare’)
अप्सुin the waters
अप्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
मृञ्जतthey cleanse/purify (themselves/it)
मृञ्जत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मृज् (धातु ‘to wipe, cleanse, purify’)