Rig Veda 9.49.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 49, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.49

Devata: Soma (Pavamāna)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवस्व वृष्टिमा सु नोऽपामूर्मिं दिवस्परि । अयक्ष्मा बृहतीरिषः ॥

Transliteration

pávasva vṛṣṭím ā́ su no ’pā́m ū́rmiṃ divás pári | ayakṣmā́ bṛhatī́r íṣaḥ ||

Translation

Purifícate; derrama sobre nosotros la lluvia —la ola de las aguas desde más allá del cielo—, que trae grandes impulsos de fuerza, libre de aflicción.

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Word by Word

• पवस्व: purify thyself / flow on (as Soma)
• पवस्व: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पूञ्) / √पु (पुनाति) ‘to purify, flow (as Soma)’

• वृष्टिम्: rain, shower
• वृष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि- (from √वृष् ‘to rain, shower’)

• आ: towards, hither; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (preverb) / ā (upasarga)

• सु: well, indeed
• सु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (particle)

• नः: of us, for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary) / Possessor
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (1st person pronoun)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्- ‘water’

• ऊर्मिम्: wave, surge
• ऊर्मिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्मि- ‘wave, billow’

• दिवः: from heaven
• दिवः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ-/दिव्- ‘sky, heaven’

• परि: from around; forth from
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (preverb/indeclinable)

• अयक्ष्मा: free from disease, unailing
• अयक्ष्मा: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यक्ष्म- ‘disease, wasting illness’ with privative a-

• बृहतीः: great, abundant
• बृहतीः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहती- ‘great, lofty’ (fem. adj.)

• इषः: refreshments, invigorating draughts / nourishments
• इषः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्-/इषा- ‘refreshment, strength, nourishment’