Rig Veda 9.3.8: Mandala 9, Sukta 3, Mantra 8

Sukta 9.3

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एष दिवं व्यासरत्तिरो रजांस्यस्पृतः । पवमानः स्वध्वरः ॥

Transliteration

eṣá dívam vy ā́sarat tiró rájāṃsy áspr̥taḥ | pávamānaḥ svadhvaráḥ ||

Translation

This self-purifying one has flowed out toward heaven, across the regions untouched; he is the one of the true and self-moving sacrifice.

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• एषः: this (one), he (here)
• एषः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एष (sarvanāma-prātipadika) < idam/etad-deictic stem

• दिवम्: heaven, the sky
• दिवम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (prātipadika: दिव्/द्यौ ‘heaven, sky’)

• वि: apart, asunder, widely
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (upasarga/avyaya)

• आसरत्: ran/flowed (forth), streamed
• आसरत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृ (सरणे ‘to flow/run’) with preverb आ-

• तिरः: across, beyond
• तिरः: अधिकरण/दिशा-निर्देश (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तिरस् (avyaya ‘across, beyond; over’)

• रजांसि: the regions/spaces (mid-air realms)
• रजांसि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (prātipadika ‘space, region; mist/dust’)

• अस्पृतः: untouched, untainted
• अस्पृतः: कर्तृ (कर्तृ-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: √स्पृश्/स्पृ (स्पर्शने ‘to touch’) with privative अ-; kṛdanta: past passive participle

• पवमानः: purifying (Soma), flowing purified
• पवमानः: कर्तृ (कर्तृ-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: √पू (पवने/शोधने ‘to purify’) ; kṛdanta: present middle participle (ātmanepada) ‘being purified/flowing clear’

• स्वध्वरः: having a good rite; of good sacrifice
• स्वध्वरः: कर्तृ (कर्तृ-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + अध्वर (prātipadika: अध्वर ‘sacrifice/rite’; सु- ‘good, well’)