Rig Veda 9.81.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 81, Mantra 3

Sukta 9.81

Rishi: Not securely inferable from the excerpt alone.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (addressed as Soma/Indu).

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (requires verification).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नः सोम पवमानः किरा वस्विन्दो भव मघवा राधसो महः । शिक्षा वयोधो वसवे सु चेतुना मा नो गयमारे अस्मत्परा सिचः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.81.3

Transliteration

ā́ naḥ soma pavamānaḥ kirā́ vásv índo bháva maghávā rā́dhaso maháḥ | śíkṣā vayodhó vásave sú cetúnā mā́ no gáyam ā́re asmát pará̄ sicaḥ ||

Translation

Soma, tum hamare paas aao jab tum saaf ho rahe ho. Hamein dhan do, tum bade dene wale ho. Hamein sikhaao ki hum zyada jiyein aur taakatwale banein. Humein saaf samajh do. Hami fayda hamse door mat karo.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards (us)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna (recipient/beneficiary marker in sense) / Possessor
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

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

• पवमानः: purifying; self-purifying (as it flows)
• पवमानः: Kartā (agent, as epithet of Soma)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √पू (pū ‘to purify’) → पवमान- (present participle Ātmanepada)

• किर: pour forth; scatter
• किर: Kriyā (verbal action); Soma as Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॄ/किर् (kir ‘to scatter, pour, strew’)

• वसु: wealth; good things
• वसु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु-

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma-drop)
• इन्दो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु-

• भव: become; be
• भव: Kriyā (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (bhū ‘to be, become’)

• मघवा: bountiful; generous
• मघवा: Kartā (as predicate of Soma) / Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मघवन्-

• राधसः: of bounty; of gift/wealth
• राधसः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस्-

• महः: of greatness; of great might
• महः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् / मह- (as neuter ‘greatness, might’)

• शिक्ष: grant; make (us) able; instruct
• शिक्ष: Kriyā (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शिक्ष् (śikṣ ‘to train, instruct; to make able; to bestow skillfully’)

• वयोधः: vital strength; life-sustaining power
• वयोधः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयो-धस्- (compound: वयस् ‘vital strength/age’ + धस् ‘placing/putting; bestowal’)

• वसवे: for wealth; for the beneficent (end)
• वसवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु-

• सु: well; excellently
• सु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (prefix/particle)

• चेतुना: with insight; with wise intent
• चेतुना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतु- (from √चित् ‘to perceive, notice, intend’)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (prohibitive particle)

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• गयमारे: in ruin; in loss/destruction
• गयमारे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गय-मार- (compound; ‘loss/destruction of life/wealth’, lit. ‘going-to-loss/death’)

• अस्मत्: from us
• अस्मत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• परा: away
• परा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा (upasarga/avyaya)

• सिचः: pour; sprinkle
• सिचः: Kriyā (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिच् (sic ‘to pour, sprinkle’)