Rig Veda 9.97.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.97

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र गायताभ्यर्चाम देवान्त्सोमं हिनोत महते धनाय । स्वादुः पवाते अति वारमव्यमा सीदाति कलशं देवयुर्नः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.97.4

Transliteration

prá gāyatā́bhy àrcāma devā́nt sómaṃ hinota mahaté dhánāya | svādúḥ pavāte áti vā́ram ávyam ā́ sīdāti kalaśáṃ deva-yúr naḥ ||

Translation

Chantez au loin; chantons pour les Dieux — poussez Soma vers la grande abondance. Doux, il s’écoule au-delà du tamis de laine et vient se reposer dans la jarre, notre chercheur épris du Divin.

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Word by Word

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

• गायता: sing (you all)!
• गायता: Kartā (implicit ‘you’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गै (गाय्) / गाय (verbal stem)

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

• अर्चाम: let us praise/sing
• अर्चाम: Kartā (implicit ‘we’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्च्

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

• सोमम्: Soma
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम

• हिनोत: impel/drive on (you all)
• हिनोत: Kartā (implicit ‘you’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हि (हिनोति)

• महते: for great (gain)
• महते: Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्

• धनाय: for wealth/prize
• धनाय: Sampradāna (purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन

• स्वादुः: sweet, pleasant
• स्वादुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वादु

• पवाते: purifies/flows (as purified)
• पवाते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते)

• अति: beyond, over
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (upasarga/avyaya)

• वारम्: the strainer/sieve (wool-filter)
• वारम्: Karma (object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार

• अव्यम्: of sheep’s wool, woollen
• अव्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa of वारम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्य

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

• सीदाति: sits down/settles
• सीदाति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीदति)

• कलशम्: the jar, vessel
• कलशम्: Adhikaraṇa (goal/place reached) / Karma (object of entering)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश

• देवयुः: god-seeking, devoted to the gods
• देवयुः: Kartā (apposition to Soma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवयु (from देव + √यु ‘to join/seek’; prātipadika देवयु-)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्