Mantra 13
Sukta 9.66
Rishi: Traditionally: Soma Pavamāna corpus; specific rishi attribution varies by Anukramaṇī for this hymn (needs project-level authority file).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu as purified Soma); imagery also invokes Āpaḥ/Sindhavaḥ as supporting powers.
Chandas: Likely Jagatī (common in RV 9 Soma hymns); verify by syllable count in a metrical pass.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र ण इन्दो महे रण आपो अर्षन्ति सिन्धवः । यद्गोभिर्वासयिष्यसे ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
प्र ण॑ इन्दो म॒हे रण॒ आपो॑ अर्षन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वः । यद्गोभि॑र्वासयि॒ष्यसे॑ ॥
Transliteration
prá ṇa indó mahé ráṇe ā́po arṣanti síndhavaḥ | yád góbhir vāsayiṣyáse ||
Translation
Flow forward for us, O Indu, for the great battle: the waters, the rushing rivers of being, stream out when thou wilt cause the Rays of Light (the cows) to dwell and gather within us.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
प्र । नः॒ । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । म॒हे । रणे॑ । आपः॑ । अ॒र्ष॒न्ति॒ । सिन्ध॑वः । यत् । गोभिः॑ । वा॒स॒यि॒ष्यसे॑ ॥प्र । नः । इन्दो इति । महे । रणे । आपः । अर्षन्ति । सिन्धवः । यत् । गोभिः । वासयिष्यसे ॥pra | naḥ | indo iti | mahe | raṇe | āpaḥ | arṣanti | sindhavaḥ | yat | gobhiḥ | vāsayiṣyase
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
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TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
नःof us / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (beneficiary/for us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
इन्दोO Indu (Soma)
इन्दो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्दु (prātipadika)
महेfor the great (goal/benefit)
महे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootमहत् (prātipadika)
रणेin battle
रणे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootरण (prātipadika)
आपःthe waters
आपः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआप् (prātipadika)
अर्षन्तिflow, rush
अर्षन्ति:
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TypeVerb
Rootऋष् (धातु) / अर्ष् (Vedic present stem)
सिन्धवःrivers, streams
सिन्धवः:
कर्तृ (apposition to आपः)
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (prātipadika)
यत्when / that which
यत्:
कर्म (of the following verb, in sense ‘that/when’)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद्
गोभिःwith cows; with rays (metaph.)
गोभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootगो (prātipadika)
वासयिष्यसेyou will cause to dwell/settle; you will clothe/cover
वासयिष्यसे:
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TypeVerb
Rootवासय् (causative of वस् ‘to dwell/cover/clothe’) + भविष्यत् formation