Rig Veda 9.97.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.97

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purified Soma)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अस्य प्रेषा हेमना पूयमानो देवो देवेभिः समपृक्त रसम् । सुतः पवित्रं पर्येति रेभन्मितेव सद्म पशुमान्ति होता ॥

Transliteration

asya preṣā hemanā pūyamāno devo devebhiḥ sam apṛkta rasaṃ | sutaḥ pavitraṃ pary eti rebhan mitā́-iva sadma paśu-mā́nti hotā́ ||

Translation

By his impulsion and golden force, the God Soma, being purified, blends his delighting essence with the Gods. Pressed out, he moves around the filter, chanting; like one measured and sure, he enters the luminous home rich in the herds—he, the priest of the inner offering.

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Word by Word

• अस्य: of this (Soma)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘अस्/इ’)

• प्रेषाः: impulses, sendings forth
• प्रेषाः: कर्तृ/भाव (subject: impulses/dispatches)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेषा (प्रातिपदिक; √इष्/√प्रि? ‘to send/impel’ से ‘प्रेष’ भाव) अथवा ‘प्रेषा’ = प्रेरणा/प्रेषण

• हेमना: with gold / in a golden manner
• हेमना: करण (means/manner)
• Type: Noun (used adverbially)
• Root: हेमन् (प्रातिपदिक) / हेमन्- (instrumental of ‘gold’; also used adverbially ‘with/like gold, goldenly’)

• पूयमानः: being purified
• पूयमानः: कर्तृ (agreeing with ‘देवः’)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √पू (पूञ्) ‘to purify, cleanse’

• देवः: the god (Soma)
• देवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेभिः: with the gods
• देवेभिः: सह/करण (with/by the gods)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अपृक्त: has mixed/has united
• अपृक्त: क्रिया (predicate)
• Type: Verb (finite)
• Root: √पृच् (पृञ्च्) ‘to mix, unite’ + उपसर्ग सम् (सम्+√पृच्)

• रसम्: the juice, sap
• रसम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुतः: pressed
• सुतः: कर्तृ (agreeing with Soma)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √सु (सुनोति) ‘to press (Soma)’

• पवित्रम्: the filter (strainer)
• पवित्रम्: कर्म (object of ‘पर्येति’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around, through
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• एति: goes, passes
• एति: क्रिया (predicate)
• Type: Verb (finite)
• Root: √इ (एति) ‘to go’ + उपसर्ग परि

• रेभन्: the singer/praiser (chanting one)
• रेभन्: कर्तृ-विशेषण (apposition to Soma)
• Type: Noun (used as epithet) / Adjectival noun
• Root: रेभ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘singer, praiser’; also ‘roaring/chanting’)

• मिते: in the measured (bounded) [place]
• मिते: अधिकरण (in/within the measured [space])
• Type: Adjective (used in simile) / Participle
• Root: मित (प्रातिपदिक; √मा ‘to measure’ → ‘measured, fixed’)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• सद्म: abode, dwelling
• सद्म: अधिकरण (place notion with ‘मिते’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘seat, abode, house’

• पशुमान्: cattle-rich, wealthy
• पशुमान्: कर्तृ-विशेषण (of ‘होता’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पशुमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘possessing cattle/wealth’)

• इति: thus (quotative/marker)
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (निपात)

• होता: the Hotṛ-priest (invoker)
• होता: कर्तृ (apposition/role-name of Soma as Hotṛ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक; from √हु ‘to sacrifice’)