Rig Veda 9.101.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 101, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.101

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with Indra as primary recipient among gods)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सुतासो मधुमत्तमाः सोमा इन्द्राय मन्दिनः । पवित्रवन्तो अक्षरन्देवान्गच्छन्तु वो मदाः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.101.4

Transliteration

sutā́so mádhumattamāḥ sómā índrāya mándinaḥ | pavítravanto akṣaran devā́n gacchantu vo mádāḥ ||

Translation

Somas pressés, les plus riches en douceur, réjouissant Indra, coulez avec le purificateur ; que vos ivresses sacrées (mádas) aillent vers les dieux.

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Word by Word

• सुतासः: the pressed (Soma-drops)
• सुतासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally)
• Root: सुत (√सु ‘to press, extract’ > past passive participle ‘pressed’)

• मधुमत्तमाः: most honeyed / sweetest
• मधुमत्तमाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (मधु + मतुप्) + तमप्

• सोमाः: Soma (juices)
• सोमाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र

• मन्दिनः: gladdening / exhilarating
• मन्दिनः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्दिन् (from √मन्द् ‘to rejoice, be exhilarated’)

• पवित्रवन्तः: having the filter (i.e., passing through the strainer)
• पवित्रवन्तः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्रवत् (पवित्र + मतुप् ‘possessing a filter/strainer’)

• अक्षरन्: (they) streamed / flowed
• अक्षरन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षर् ‘to flow, stream’

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव

• गच्छन्तु: let (them) go / may (they) go
• गच्छन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् ‘to go’

• वः: of you / your
• वः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मदाः: exhilarations / intoxicating draughts
• मदाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (from √मद् ‘to be exhilarated, intoxicated’)