Rig Veda 9.60.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 60, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.60

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (in relation to Indra)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (explicitly invoked; the verse is a gāyatrī-style invocation though full metrical verification is not provided here)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इन्द्रस्य सोम राधसे शं पवस्व विचर्षणे । प्रजावद्रेत आ भर ॥

Transliteration

índrasya soma rā́dhase śáṃ pavasva vícarṣaṇe | prajā́vad réta ā́ bhara ||

Translation

Demi pemenuhan Indra, wahai Soma, sucikanlah dirimu menjadi damai, wahai yang bekerja luas; bawalah daya-benih yang kaya keturunan—menjadi yang kreatif.

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Word by Word

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• राधसे: for (his) bounty/gift
• राधसे: सम्प्रदान (Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: auspiciously; for welfare
• शम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• पवस्व: purify yourself; flow pure
• पवस्व: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु; ‘to purify/cleanse’), Vedic present stem पव-

• विचर्षणे: O far-seeing/bright one
• विचर्षणे: सम्बोधन (Address; epithet of Soma)
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: विचर्षणि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘far-seeing/bright’)

• प्रजावत्: endowed with offspring/progeny
• प्रजावत्: कर्म (Object-qualifier with ‘आ भर’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजावत् (प्रातिपदिक; प्रजा + वत्)

• रेतः: seed; generative power
• रेतः: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither; forth (towards us)
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण (Directional/intensifying with verb)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भर: bring; bear (to us)
• भर: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु; ‘to bear/bring’)