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

Mengalirlah kepada kami, wahai Soma, membawa rayi yang seribu-lipat dan su-vīrya; tegakkan dalam diri kami śravas—dengar-ilham, kemasyhuran yang lahir dari kemenangan jiwa.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards; hither; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (nipāta)

• पवस्व: purify yourself; flow (as the purifying Soma)
• पवस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (pū) ‘to purify’ (Vedic: pavate)

• सहस्रिणम्: thousandfold; possessing thousands (of gifts/streams)
• सहस्रिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रिन् (prātipadika from सहस्र ‘thousand’ + -in)

• रयिम्: wealth; treasure
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (prātipadika)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: —
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• सुवीर्यम्: good heroism; excellent manly power/valour
• सुवीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (abstract) / Adjective used substantively
• Root: सुवीर्य (su- + वीर्य) (prātipadika)

• अस्मे: to/for us
• अस्मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• श्रवांसि: fames; glories; renown
• श्रवांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (prātipadika; ‘fame, glory’)

• धारय: hold; sustain; bestow/maintain
• धारय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (dhṛ) ‘to hold, sustain’