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Mantra 3

Sukta 9.81

Rishi: Not securely inferable from the excerpt alone.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (addressed as Soma/Indu).
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (requires verification).

आ नः सोम पवमानः किरा वस्विन्दो भव मघवा राधसो महः । शिक्षा वयोधो वसवे सु चेतुना मा नो गयमारे अस्मत्परा सिचः ॥

आ न॑: सोम॒ पव॑मानः किरा॒ वस्विन्दो॒ भव॑ म॒घवा॒ राध॑सो म॒हः । शिक्षा॑ वयोधो॒ वस॑वे॒ सु चे॒तुना॒ मा नो॒ गय॑मा॒रे अ॒स्मत्परा॑ सिचः ॥

ā́ naḥ soma pavamānaḥ kirā́ vásv índo bháva maghávā rā́dhaso maháḥ | śíkṣā vayodhó vásave sú cetúnā mā́ no gáyam ā́re asmát pará̄ sicaḥ ||

Come to us, O Soma in purification, and scatter wealth of being; O Indu, become for us a great giver of plenitude. Teach us the increase of life and strength with a clear seeing; do not pour our gain far away from us.

आ । नः॒ । सो॒म॒ । पव॑मानः । कि॒र॒ । वसु॑ । इन्दो॒ इति॑ । भव॑ । म॒घऽवा॑ । राध॑सः । म॒हः । शिक्ष॑ । व॒यः॒ऽधः॒ । वस॑वे । सु । चे॒तुना॑ । मा । नः॒ । गय॑म् । आ॒रे । अ॒स्मत् । परा॑ । सि॒चः॒ ॥आ । नः । सोम । पवमानः । किर । वसु । इन्दो इति । भव । मघवा । राधसः । महः । शिक्ष । वयःधः । वसवे । सु । चेतुना । मा । नः । गयम् । आरे । अस्मत् । परा । सिचः ॥ā | naḥ | soma | pavamānaḥ | kira | vasu | indo iti | bhava | magha-vā | rādhasaḥ | mahaḥ | śikṣa | vayaḥ-dhaḥ | vasave | su | cetunā | mā | naḥ | gayam | āre | asmat | parā | sicaḥ

hither; towards (us)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
नःfor us; our
नः:
Sampradāna (recipient/beneficiary marker in sense) / Possessor
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सोमO Soma
सोम:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (prātipadika)
पवमानःpurifying; self-purifying (as it flows)
पवमानः:
Kartā (agent, as epithet of Soma)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√पू (pū ‘to purify’) → पवमान- (present participle Ātmanepada)
किरpour forth; scatter
किर:
Kriyā (verbal action); Soma as Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√कॄ/किर् (kir ‘to scatter, pour, strew’)
वसुwealth; good things
वसु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवसु-
इन्दोO Indu (Soma-drop)
इन्दो:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु-
भवbecome; be
भव:
Kriyā (injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (bhū ‘to be, become’)
मघवाbountiful; generous
मघवा:
Kartā (as predicate of Soma) / Sambandha
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमघवन्-
राधसःof bounty; of gift/wealth
राधसः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootराधस्-
महःof greatness; of great might
महः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमहत् / मह- (as neuter ‘greatness, might’)
शिक्षgrant; make (us) able; instruct
शिक्ष:
Kriyā (injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√शिक्ष् (śikṣ ‘to train, instruct; to make able; to bestow skillfully’)
वयोधःvital strength; life-sustaining power
वयोधः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवयो-धस्- (compound: वयस् ‘vital strength/age’ + धस् ‘placing/putting; bestowal’)
वसवेfor wealth; for the beneficent (end)
वसवे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootवसु-
सुwell; excellently
सु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (prefix/particle)
चेतुनाwith insight; with wise intent
चेतुना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootचेतु- (from √चित् ‘to perceive, notice, intend’)
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (prohibitive particle)
नःus
नः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
गयमारेin ruin; in loss/destruction
गयमारे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगय-मार- (compound; ‘loss/destruction of life/wealth’, lit. ‘going-to-loss/death’)
अस्मत्from us
अस्मत्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
पराaway
परा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (upasarga/avyaya)
सिचःpour; sprinkle
सिचः:
Kriyā (injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√सिच् (sic ‘to pour, sprinkle’)