Rig Veda 9.64.30: Mandala 9, Sukta 64, Mantra 30

Sukta 9.64

Rishi: Ascribed to Soma Pavamāna seers (Mandala 9).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (becoming Sūrya-for-vision).

Chandas: Likely Jagatī (not metrically verified from input).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ऋधक्सोम स्वस्तये संजग्मानो दिवः कविः । पवस्व सूर्यो दृशे ॥

Transliteration

ṛdhák soma svastáye saṃjagmānáḥ diváḥ kavíḥ | páv asva sū́ryo dṛśé ||

Translation

હે સોમ, અમારી સ્વસ્તિ માટે, દિવ્ય કવિ તરીકે એકત્ર થતો, શુદ્ધ થઈ વહે—સૂર્ય સમો દૃષ્ટિ માટે બની જા; એવો પ્રકાશ થા કે જે આંતરિક દર્શનને સત્ય કરે.

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Word by Word

• ऋधक्: separately; each by itself; in due order
• ऋधक्: Adhikaraṇa (manner/qualification of the action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋधक् (avyaya-prātipadika; from PIE *h₁r̥dʰ-?; Vedic adverbial stem)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• स्वस्तये: for well-being; for welfare
• स्वस्तये: Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (prātipadika)

• संजग्मानः: having come together; assembling
• संजग्मानः: Kartā (agent; agrees with कविः = Soma)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: √गम् (गच्छति) with preverb सम्; PPP-like perfect participial stem जग्मान-

• दिवः: of heaven; of the sky
• दिवः: Sambandha (genitival relation: ‘of heaven’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौः (prātipadika: दिव्-, द्यौ-)

• कविः: the seer; sage; inspired poet
• कविः: Kartā (agent; subject of पवस्व)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (prātipadika)

• पवस्व: purify yourself; flow clear
• पवस्व: (मुख्य क्रिया) — addressed to Soma
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते) ‘to purify, to flow clear’

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Kartā (appositional/secondary subject: ‘as/like the Sun’ or ‘the Sun (is) …’ depending on construal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (prātipadika)

• दृशे: for seeing; to be seen; for vision
• दृशे: Sampradāna (purpose/goal: ‘for sight/visibility’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (prātipadika: दृश् ‘sight, seeing’; also related to √दृश्)