Rig Veda 9.103.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 103, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.103

Rishi: Soma Pavamāna corpus; precise attribution requires Anukramaṇī confirmation.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (self-purifying Soma)

Chandas: Likely Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh/Triṣṭubh depending on hymn; verify by metrical count for 9.103.1.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

परि णेता मतीनां विश्वदेवो अदाभ्यः । सोमः पुनानश्चम्वोर्विशद्धरिः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.103.4

Transliteration

pári ṇetā matīnā́ṃ viśvádevo adā́bhyaḥ | sómaḥ punānáś camvór viśád dháriḥ ||

Translation

彼は遍くめぐる——欺かれぬソーマ、われらの霊感の思いの導き手、万神の力を担う者。自らを浄めつつ器に入り、黄褐の者はわれらの内に澄みわたり、光り輝く。

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Word by Word

• परि: around; all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (upasarga/avyaya)

• नेता: leader; guide
• नेता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नी (धातु) → नेतृ (agent-noun)

• मतीनाम्: of thoughts/prayers
• मतीनाम्: Sambandha (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वदेवः: all-god; belonging to all the gods
• विश्वदेवः: Kartā (apposition to नेता)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: विश्व-देव (प्रातिपदिक; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound used adjectivally)

• अदाभ्यः: unassailable; not to be deceived
• अदाभ्यः: Kartā (qualifier of नेता/विश्वदेवः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-दाभ्य (प्रातिपदिक; neg. a- + दाभ्य ‘to be harmed/deceived’)

• सोमः: Soma (the pressed/flowing sacred drink)
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनानः: purifying himself; being purified
• पुनानः: Kartā (qualifier of सोमः)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: पू (धातु) → पुनान (present middle participle)

• चम्वोः: of the two cups/vessels
• चम्वोः: Adhikaraṇa/Sambandha (in/through the two cups; genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमू (प्रातिपदिक)

• विशत्: entering
• विशत्: Kartā (qualifier of हरिः/सोमः)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: विश् (धातु) → विशत् (present active participle)

• हरिः: the tawny one (Soma/steed-like, golden)
• हरिः: Kartā (apposition to सोमः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)