Rig Veda 9.72.4 — Mandala 9, Sukta 72, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.72

Rishi: Soma-Pavamāna tradition (Book 9).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (for Indra)

Chandas: Likely Jagatī (to be metrically confirmed).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नृधूतो अद्रिषुतो बर्हिषि प्रियः पतिर्गवां प्रदिव इन्दुॠत्वियः । पुरंधिवान्मनुषो यज्ञसाधनः शुचिर्धिया पवते सोम इन्द्र ते ॥

Transliteration

nṛdhū́to ádriṣuto barhíṣi priyáḥ pátir gávāṃ pradíva índur ṛ́tviyaḥ | puraṃdhivā́n mánuṣo yajñá-sādhanaḥ śúcir dhiyā́ pavate sóma indra te ||

Translation

Purified by men and pressed by the stone, the beloved Indu flows upon the sacred seat; the lord of the rays of light, moving in the wide heaven, fit for the rite. Full of plenitude, serving the human being as the accomplisher of sacrifice, pure with the illumined thought, Soma streams for thee, O Indra.

Word by Word

• नृधूतः: shaken/cleansed by men (i.e., by the pressers)
• नृधूतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृ- (प्रातिपदिक) + धूत (√धू ‘कम्पने/धुनने’, क्त) समासः

• अद्रिषुतः: pressed by the stones
• अद्रिषुतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्रि- (प्रातिपदिक ‘ग्रावन्/सोमपेषणशिला’) + सुत (√सु ‘सवने/प्रसवने’, क्त) समासः

• बर्हिषि: on the sacred grass (barhis)
• बर्हिषि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियः: dear, beloved
• प्रियः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• पतिः: lord, master
• पतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• गवाम्: of cows (of kine; of rays/wealth)
• गवाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रदिवः: of the highest heaven / of the upper sky
• प्रदिवः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदिव् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उच्च/परं दिवम्’)

• इन्दुः: the drop (Soma)
• इन्दुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋत्वियः: ritual, belonging to the rite/season (fit for sacrifice)
• ऋत्वियः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋत्विय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ऋतु-सम्बद्ध/यज्ञीय’)

• पुरंधिवान्: possessing abundance/bounty
• पुरंधिवान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरंधि (प्रातिपदिक ‘समृद्धि/दान-सम्पत्ति’) + वत् (मतुप्/वतुप्) प्रत्यय

• मनुषः: of Manu (i.e., of mankind/Manu’s)
• मनुषः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक) → मनुष (वेद. रूप)

• यज्ञसाधनः: accomplishing the sacrifice
• यज्ञसाधनः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + साधन (√साध् ‘सिद्धौ/साधने’, ल्युट्/अन) समासः

• शुचिः: bright, pure
• शुचिः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)

• धिया: with (sacred) thought/insight
• धिया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवते: purifies/flows (as purified)
• पवते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते; ‘शुद्धौ/पवने’) आत्मनेपद

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)