Rig Veda 9.3.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 3, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.3

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एष देवो रथर्यति पवमानो दशस्यति । आविष्कृणोति वग्वनुम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.3.5

Transliteration

eṣá devó ratharyati pávamāno daśasyati | āvíṣ kṛṇoti vagvanúm ||

Translation

This god, self-purifying, moves as on a chariot and wins homage; he makes manifest the inspired singer.

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Word by Word

• एषः: this (one), he
• एषः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Kartā (apposition to एषः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• रथर्यति: drives/rolls along in a chariot; speeds
• रथर्यति: Kriyā (predicate of the subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रथर्य (धातु; denominative from रथ ‘chariot’)

• पवमानः: Pavamāna (Soma), the purifying/flowing one
• पवमानः: Kartā (apposition/epithet of एषः देवः)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: पव् (धातु) + मान (शानच्/कृदन्त-प्रत्यय; present middle participle) → पवमान

• दशस्यति: serves; shows devotion; honors
• दशस्यति: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दशस्/दशस्य (धातु; denominative ‘to show devotion/serve, honor’)

• आविष्कृणोति: makes manifest; reveals
• आविष्कृणोति: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) with preverb आविस्- (आविष् ‘openly, manifest’) → आविष्कृ

• वग्वनुम्: the hymn/chant (or the singer/voice)
• वग्वनुम्: Karma (object of आविष्कृणोति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वग्वनु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hymn/chant, singer/voice’—Vedic ritual term)