Rig Veda 9.63.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 63, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.63
Rishi: Pavamāna Soma hymns (traditional attribution varies by collection; commonly ‘Pavamāna’ seers within Soma Maṇḍala)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of ~8 syllables typical for Soma Maṇḍala)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ पवस्व सहस्रिणं रयिं सोम सुवीर्यम् । अस्मे श्रवांसि धारय ॥
Transliteration
ā́ pavasva sahasríṇaṃ rayíṃ soma suvī́ryam | asmè śrávāṃsi dhāraya ||
Translation
सोम, हमारे पास आ के बह। तुम्हारे साथ हज़ारों खज़ाने आएँ और बहादुरी की ताकत आए। हमें वो सुनने की ताकत दे जो सच है और जो हमारे अंदर से आता है।
Word by Word
आtowards; hither; forth
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (nipāta)
पवस्वpurify yourself; flow (as the purifying Soma)
पवस्व:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पू (pū) ‘to purify’ (Vedic: pavate)
सहस्रिणम्thousandfold; possessing thousands (of gifts/streams)
सहस्रिणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्रिन् (prātipadika from सहस्र ‘thousand’ + -in)
रयिम्wealth; treasure
रयिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरयि (prātipadika)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
—
TypeNoun (vocative address)
Rootसोम (prātipadika)
सुवीर्यम्good heroism; excellent manly power/valour
सुवीर्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (abstract) / Adjective used substantively
Rootसुवीर्य (su- + वीर्य) (prātipadika)
अस्मेto/for us
अस्मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun)
श्रवांसिfames; glories; renown
श्रवांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्रवस् (prātipadika; ‘fame, glory’)
धारयhold; sustain; bestow/maintain
धारय:
—
TypeVerb
Root√धृ (dhṛ) ‘to hold, sustain’
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