Rig Veda 9.85.8: Mandala 9, Sukta 85, Mantra 8

Sukta 9.85

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable for RV 9.85; verse-length supports Jagatī)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवमानो अभ्यर्षा सुवीर्यमुर्वीं गव्यूतिं महि शर्म सप्रथः । माकिर्नो अस्य परिषूतिरीशतेन्दो जयेम त्वया धनंधनम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.85.8

Transliteration

pavámāno abhyàrṣā su-vī́ryam urvī́ṃ gavyū́tiṃ máhi śárma sa-práthāḥ | mā́kir no asyá pári-sūtir ī́śaténdo jayéma tváyā dhánaṃ-dhanam ||

Translation

Jab Soma saaf ho raha hai, woh humare paas bahak. Woh taakat laa raha hai, chamakta kheta aur bada aaram. Koi bhi andhera hum par haavi na ho. Indu, tere saath hum dhan pe dhan jeete rahein.

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Word by Word

• पवमानः: the purifying (Soma), flowing/purifying
• पवमानः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवमान- (√पू ‘पवने/शोधने’ से वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• अर्ष: rush/flow
• अर्ष: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋष् (गत्यर्थ/वेगार्थ) ‘to rush/flow’

• सुवीर्यम्: good heroism/valour, excellent strength
• सुवीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- + वीर्य (वीर्य-)

• उर्वीम्: broad, wide
• उर्वीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उर्वी-

• गव्यूतिम्: cattle-pasture; (lit.) cow-path/track, grazing-ground
• गव्यूतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गव्यूति-

• महि: greatly, mighty
• महि: (विशेषण-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महि

• शर्म: shelter, protection, comfort
• शर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन्-

• सप्रथः: widely-spreading, broad-expanding
• सप्रथः: Kartā (पवमानस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + प्रथस्/प्रथ- (प्रथस् ‘breadth, expanse’)

• मा: do not
• मा: (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• किः: anyone (whoever)
• किः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (किः = कश्चित्/कोऽपि, Vedic enclitic)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: Sampradāna (हित-सम्बन्ध) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अस्य: of this, of him/it
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (अस्य = ‘of this/its’)

• परिषूतिः: encircling assault/pressure; surrounding hostility
• परिषूतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि- + √सू (सू ‘to press/impel’; परिषूति- ‘encompassing attack/pressure’)

• ईशते: has power, prevails
• ईशते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ईश् ‘to rule, have power’

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

• जयेम: may we win/conquer
• जयेम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि ‘to conquer’

• त्वया: by you, with you
• त्वया: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• धनम्: wealth, prize
• धनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन-

• धनम्: wealth (again: abundant wealth)
• धनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन-