Rig Veda 9.55.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 55, Mantra 3

Sukta 9.55

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत नो गोविदश्ववित्पवस्व सोमान्धसा । मक्षूतमेभिरहभिः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.55.3

Transliteration

utá no go-víd aśva-vít páv asva sómā́ndhasā | mákṣū-tamebhir áha-bhiḥ ||

Translation

And for us, O Soma, purify thyself as finder of rays and finder of energies; with thy essence flow swiftly with the swiftest days—hasten the growth of light and power in our progress.

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Word by Word

• उत: and; also; moreover
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• गोविद्: finder/winner of cows
• गोविद्: Kartā (as epithet of the agent Soma)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: गो + विद् (√विद् ‘to find/know’)

• अश्ववित्: finder/winner of horses
• अश्ववित्: Kartā (epithet)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: अश्व + विद् (√विद् ‘to find/know’)

• पवस्व: purify yourself; flow (pure)
• पवस्व: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (pū) / √पव् (pav) ‘to purify, become pure, flow (as Soma)’

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम

• अन्धसा: with (your) juice; with the Soma-draught
• अन्धसा: Karaṇa (means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धस्

• मक्षूतमेभिः: with the swiftest
• मक्षूतमेभिः: Karaṇa (means: ‘with the swiftest…’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मक्षू-तम (from avyaya ‘मक्षू’ ‘quickly’ + superlative suffix -तम)

• अहभिः: with days; in/through days
• अहभिः: Karaṇa (means/time-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अह (Vedic) ‘day’