Rig Veda 9.66.10: Mandala 9, Sukta 66, Mantra 10
Sukta 9.66
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पवमानस्य ते कवे वाजिन्त्सर्गा असृक्षत । अर्वन्तो न श्रवस्यवः ॥
Transliteration
pávamānasya te kave vā́jin tsárgā asṛkṣata | árvanto ná śravasyávaḥ ||
Translation
जब तुम, हे रिशि, खुद को साफ कर रहे हो, तब तुमसे बहुत ताकत निकलती है। यह ताकत ऐसे बाहर आती है जैसे घोड़े दौड़ रहे हों। वो नाम और शान के लिए दौड़ रहे हैं।
Word by Word
पवमानस्यof the purifying (Soma)
पवमानस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootपवमान- (√पू ‘to purify/cleanse’ → पवमान ‘purifying, flowing (Soma)’)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
कवेO seer / O poet
कवे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootकवि-
वाजिन्O prize-winner / O vigorous one
वाजिन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootवाजिन्-
सर्गाःstreams / rushes / outpourings
सर्गाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसर्ग-
असृक्षतthey were released / they streamed forth
असृक्षत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√सृज् (Vedic aorist stem: असृक्ष-)
अर्वन्तःhorses
अर्वन्तः:
कर्तृ (upamāna in simile)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्वन्त्-
नlike / as
न:
(upamā-marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
श्रवस्यवःfame-seeking / eager for renown
श्रवस्यवः:
कर्तृ (predicate/qualifier of the subject in simile)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootश्रवस्यु- (from श्रवस् ‘fame’ + desiderative/possessive -यु)
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