Rig Veda 9.65.24: Mandala 9, Sukta 65, Mantra 24
Sukta 9.65
Rishi: Ascribed to Soma Pavamāna seers (Mandala 9).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indavaḥ as the purifying drops)
Chandas: Likely Jagatī (not metrically verified from input).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ते नो वृष्टिं दिवस्परि पवन्तामा सुवीर्यम् । सुवाना देवास इन्दवः ॥
Transliteration
té no vṛṣṭíṃ divás pári pávantāmā́ su-vī́ryam | suvānā́ devā́sa índavaḥ ||
Translation
Que ces gouttes, divines dans le pressurage, purifient pour nous la pluie venue d’au-delà du ciel; qu’elles apportent l’avènement de la vraie force héroïque, l’énergie victorieuse de l’âme.
Word by Word
तेthey (those)
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वृष्टिम्rain, shower
वृष्टिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; √वृष् ‘to rain’)
दिवःfrom heaven (of the sky)
दिवः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
परिfrom around; forth/from (as preverb)
परि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (Preverb/Adverb)
Rootपरि
पवन्ताम्let them purify/flow
पवन्ताम्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पवते) ‘to purify, to flow’
आtowards, hither
आ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (Preverb)
Rootआ
सुवीर्यम्good heroism/strength
सुवीर्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसु-वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक; वीर्य ‘manly power’)
सुवानाbeing pressed; pressing forth
सुवाना:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√सू (सुवति) ‘to press/impel’ → सुवान (कृदन्त)
देवासःthe gods
देवासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्दवःSoma-drops
इन्दवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; Soma-drop)
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