Rig Veda 9.87.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 87, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.87

Rishi: Unspecified here; hymn-level Anukramaṇī needed.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (plural streams).

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (requires verification).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एते सोमा अभि गव्या सहस्रा महे वाजायामृताय श्रवांसि । पवित्रेभिः पवमाना असृग्रञ्छ्रवस्यवो न पृतनाजो अत्याः ॥

Transliteration

eté sómā abhí gavyā́ sahásrā mahé vājā́yāmṛ́tāya śrávāṃsi | pavítrebhíḥ pavamānā asṛgran śravasyávo ná pṛtanā́jo átyāḥ ||

Translation

These Somas press forward to the thousandfold rays, to the great plenitude of force, to immortality and to the powers of inspired hearing. Purifying themselves through the filters, they have streamed out—seeking luminous fame like battle-chargers, swift steeds.

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Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Determiner
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• सोमाः: Soma (juices)
• सोमाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Preverb/Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• गव्या: cattle-wealth, bovine riches
• गव्या: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गव्य (adj. prātipadika < गो)

• सहस्रा: thousands
• सहस्रा: Karma
• Type: Noun (numeral used substantively)
• Root: सहस्र (prātipadika)

• महे: for the great (one/goal)
• महे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective/Substantive
• Root: मह्/महि (dat. of मह्/महत् used as adj./substantive)

• वाजाय: for prize/strength
• वाजाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (prātipadika)

• अमृताय: for immortality
• अमृताय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (prātipadika)

• श्रवांसि: fames, glories
• श्रवांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (prātipadika)

• पवित्रेभिः: with/through the strainers (filters)
• पवित्रेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (prātipadika)

• पवमानाः: being purified, flowing clear
• पवमानाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: पवमान (kṛdanta; pres. mid. part. from √पू/√पु ‘to purify, cleanse’)

• असृग्रन्: they have flowed forth
• असृग्रन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृज् (to flow/let go; Vedic aorist)

• श्रवस्यवः: fame-seeking, glory-winning
• श्रवस्यवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Substantive
• Root: श्रवस्यु (adj. prātipadika < श्रवस्)

• न: like
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पृतनाजः: battle-drivers, war-rushers
• पृतनाजः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Agent noun
• Root: पृतनाज (prātipadika)

• अत्याः: swift horses
• अत्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्य (prātipadika)