Rig Veda 9.63.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 63, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.63

Rishi: Pavamāna Soma hymns (traditional attribution varies by Soma Maṇḍala)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with explicit relation to Indra)

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इषमूर्जं च पिन्वस इन्द्राय मत्सरिन्तमः । चमूष्वा नि षीदसि ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.63.2

Transliteration

iṣám ūrjáṃ ca pinvasa indrā́ya matsarín-tamaḥ | camū́ṣv ā́ ní sīdasi ||

Translation

Thou swellest in us the will-to-enjoy (iṣ) and the sustaining force (ūrj); most intoxication-giving for Indra, thou takest thy seat within the bowls—settling into the prepared vessels of the being.

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Word by Word

• इषम्: nourishment, refreshment
• इषम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष् (इष्/इषा- prātipadika ‘refreshment, nourishment’)

• ऊर्जम्: vigor, strength
• ऊर्जम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा- (prātipadika ‘strength, sap, vigor’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (avyaya)

• पिन्वसि: you invigorate / you cause to swell
• पिन्वसि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: पि√न्व् (पिन्वति) ‘to make swell, set in motion, invigorate’

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र- (prātipadika; देवता-नाम)

• मत्सरिन्तमः: most exhilarating (one)
• मत्सरिन्तमः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण सोमः) / विधेयविशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्सरिन्- (adj. ‘exhilarating/intoxicating’; from √मद् ‘to be exhilarated’ + -सरिन्) + तमप्

• चमूष्वा: in the cups/vessels
• चमूष्वा: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमू- (prātipadika ‘wooden cup/ladle; Soma-vessel’) + सु (loc.pl.)

• नि: down; into (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga/avyaya)

• षीदसि: you sit down / you settle
• षीदसि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√षद् (षीदति) ‘to sit down, settle’