Rig Veda 9.66.15: Mandala 9, Sukta 66, Mantra 15
Sukta 9.66
Rishi: Traditionally: Soma Pavamāna corpus; specific rishi attribution varies by Anukramaṇī for this hymn (needs project-level authority file).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna; explicit relation to Indra (Soma’s chief drinker).
Chandas: Likely Jagatī; verify metrically.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ पवस्व गविष्टये महे सोम नृचक्षसे । एन्द्रस्य जठरे विश ॥
Transliteration
ā́ pavasva gáv-iṣṭaye mahé sóma nṛ-cákṣase | ā́ índrasya jaṭháre viśa ||
Translation
साफ हो के आओ, रोशनी जीतने के लिए। सोम, तुम इंसान की आत्मा को दिखाते हो। इंद्र की शक्ति में समा जाओ।
Word by Word
आforth, towards (intensifying/goal-directed prefix)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
पवस्वpurify yourself; flow (as purified Soma)
पवस्व:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपू (धातु) / pū ‘to purify’
गविष्टयेfor cattle-winning; for the gaining of cows
गविष्टये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootगविष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) / gaviṣṭi ‘desire for cows, cattle-winning’
महेfor the great (one)
महे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक) / mahat ‘great’
सोमO Soma
सोम:
—
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक) / soma
नृचक्षसेfor the man-seeing (one)
नृचक्षसे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootनृचक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक) / nṛ-cakṣas ‘having men as (his) gaze; man-seeing’
एन्द्रस्यof Indra
एन्द्रस्य:
—
TypeNoun (possessive adjective in -a?)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) / indra
जठरेin the belly
जठरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजठर (प्रातिपदिक) / jaṭhara ‘belly, stomach’
विशenter
विश:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविश् (धातु) / viś ‘to enter’
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