Mantra 1
Sukta 9.25
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (addressed), with recipients Devās, Maruts, Vāyu
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पवस्व दक्षसाधनो देवेभ्यः पीतये हरे । मरुद्भ्यो वायवे मदः ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
पव॑स्व दक्ष॒साध॑नो दे॒वेभ्य॑: पी॒तये॑ हरे । म॒रुद्भ्यो॑ वा॒यवे॒ मद॑: ॥
Transliteration
pávasva dakṣasā́dhano devébhyáḥ pītáye hare | marúdbhyo vāyáve mádaḥ ||
Translation
Purify thyself, O Soma, accomplisher of the discerning power; for the Gods to drink, O tawny one. Be thou the ecstasy for the Maruts and for Vāyu—the life-breath in its vast movement.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
पव॑स्व । द॒क्ष॒ऽसाध॑नः । दे॒वेभ्यः॑ । पी॒तये॑ । ह॒रे॒ । म॒रुत्ऽभ्यः॑ । वा॒यवे॑ । मदः॑ ॥पवस्व । दक्षसाधनः । देवेभ्यः । पीतये । हरे । मरुत्भ्यः । वायवे । मदः ॥pavasva | dakṣa-sādhanaḥ | devebhyaḥ | pītaye | hare | marut-bhyaḥ | vāyave | madaḥ
Word by Word
पवस्वpurify yourself; flow forth (as Soma)
पवस्व:
— (predicate; addressed action)
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पवते) / √पु (शुद्धौ)
दक्षसाधनःaccomplisher/producer of skill (power/efficacy)
दक्षसाधनः:
Kartā (of पवस्व; epithet of Soma)
TypeNoun/Adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound used adjectivally)
Rootदक्ष- + साधन- (from √साध् ‘to accomplish’)
देवेभ्यःfor the gods
देवेभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
Prayojana (purpose; dative of purpose)
TypeNoun (action noun)
Rootपीति- (from √पा ‘to drink’)
हरेO tawny one (Soma)
हरे:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootहरि-
मरुद्भ्यःfor the Maruts
मरुद्भ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत्-
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
वायवेO Vāyu
वायवे:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootवायु-
मदःintoxicating exhilaration; rapture (draught)
मदः:
Kartā / Bhāva (subject: ‘the exhilaration/rapture’ i.e., Soma’s intoxicating draught)
TypeNoun
Rootमद- (from √मद् ‘to be exhilarated/intoxicated’)