Rig Veda 9.59.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 59, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.59

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवमान स्वर्विदो जायमानोऽभवो महान् । इन्दो विश्वाँ अभीदसि ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.59.4

Transliteration

páv amāna svàrvido jā́yamāno 'bhavo mahā́n | índo víśvāṃ abhiíd asi ||

Translation

Tu saaf karta hai aur dhoop ki duniya tak pahunchta hai. Jab tu paida hua to bada ban gaya. Hey Indu, tu sab taraf se sab pe control kar leta hai.

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Word by Word

• पवमानः: purifying, flowing (Soma)
• पवमानः: कर्तृ (of अभवः)
• Type: Adjective (epithet of Soma)
• Root: पवमान- (पु √pū ‘to purify’ > पवते; kṛdanta: शतृ/शानच्)

• स्वर्विदः: finder/winner of heaven (light)
• स्वर्विदः: कर्तृ (apposition to पवमानः)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: स्वर्- + विद् (√विद् ‘to know/find’); prātipadika: स्वर्विद्

• जायमानः: being born, coming into being
• जायमानः: कर्तृ (apposition to पवमानः)
• Type: Adjective (participial epithet)
• Root: जायमान- (√जन् ‘to be born’ > जायते; kṛdanta: शतृ/शानच्)

• अभवः: you became / you were
• अभवः: क्रिया (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू ‘to be, become’

• महान्: great
• महान्: कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (predicate adjective with अभवः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्- (adj. stem)

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma)
• इन्दो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्दु- (Soma)

• विश्वान्: all (of them)
• विश्वान्: कर्म (of अभीदसि)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively with implied ‘enemies/foes’)
• Root: विश्व- (adj. ‘all’)

• अभीदसि: you cleave/smite
• अभीदसि: क्रिया (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भीद्/√भिद् (Vedic: ‘to split, cleave, pierce’; here ‘to smite/cleave’)