Rig Veda 9.89.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 89, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.89

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रो स्य वह्निः पथ्याभिरस्यान्दिवो न वृष्टिः पवमानो अक्षाः । सहस्रधारो असदन्न्यस्मे मातुरुपस्थे वन आ च सोमः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.89.1

Transliteration

pró syá vaḥníḥ pathyā́bhir asyān divó na vṛṣṭíḥ pávamāno akṣāḥ | sahásra-dhāro ásadann y àsmé mā́tur upásthe vána ā́ ca sómaḥ ||

Translation

Forward he moves, the carrier of the flame-force, along the rightful paths; like the rain from heaven the purifying one streams out. Thousand-streamed, Soma settles down within us, in the mother’s lap, in the forest-growth, and comes to our field of being.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• स्यः: he (that one)
• स्यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāman)

• वह्निः: the bearer; (here) Soma/Agni-like carrier
• वह्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि- (prātipadika; from √वह् ‘to carry’)

• पथ्याभिः: with (his) path-making/track-guiding (ways/streams)
• पथ्याभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पथ्या- (adj. ‘of the path, guiding’)

• अस्य: of him, his
• अस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāman)

• अन्दि॒वः: from the sky / sky-ward
• अन्दि॒वः: Adhikaraṇa (source/setting)
• Type: Indeclinable/Adverbial form
• Root: दिव् (noun ‘sky, day’) with prep. prefix अन्- in Vedic adverbial compound

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (particle)

• वृष्टिः: rain, shower
• वृष्टिः: Kartā (in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि- (from √वृष् ‘to rain, shower’)

• पवमानः: purifying, being purified (Soma)
• पवमानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: पवमान- (present participle from √पू ‘to purify’)

• अक्षाः: has reached/has pervaded; has driven on
• अक्षाः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश्/अक्ष् (Vedic: ‘to reach, pervade’; form used as finite verb)

• सहस्रधारः: thousand-streamed
• सहस्रधारः: Kartā (apposition to Soma)
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi)
• Root: सहस्र- + धार- (धार ‘stream’ from √धृ/√धार ‘to hold/flow’)

• असदत्: sat down; took his seat
• असदत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् ‘to sit, settle, take seat’

• नि: down, into
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• अस्मे: for us
• अस्मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (sarvanāman)

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ-

• उपस्थे: in the lap, in the bosom
• उपस्थे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थ-

• वने: in the wood; in the forest (i.e., wooden vat/pressing-place)
• वने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन-

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

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

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-