Rig Veda 9.107.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 107, Mantra 3

Sukta 9.107

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

परि सुवानश्चक्षसे देवमादनः क्रतुरिन्दुर्विचक्षणः ॥

Transliteration

pári suvānáś cákṣase deva-mā́danaḥ krátur índur vi-cákṣaṇaḥ ||

Translation

四方に流れつつ、汝は見られる――神々の歓喜よ；光り輝く滴、行為の意志（クラトゥ kratu）、識別において広く見渡す者よ。

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Word by Word

• परि: around; forth (as preverb ‘pari-’)
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सुवानः: being pressed; pressed (Soma)
• सुवानः: Kartā (with implied finite verb ‘goes/flows/shines’ etc.)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √सु (सुनोति ‘to press/express Soma’) → सुवान (PPP/कृदन्त)

• चक्षसे: for seeing; for appearance
• चक्षसे: Sampradāna (purpose/recipient: ‘for (the act of) seeing/appearance’)
• Type: Noun (dative) / verbal-noun usage
• Root: √चक्ष् (चक्षते ‘to see, appear, shine’) / चक्षस् (न.) ‘sight, appearance’

• देवम्: the god; divine (one)
• देवम्: Karma (object of ‘seeing/appearing as’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• आदनः: the taker/receiver; the seizer (epithet)
• आदनः: Kartā (appositional to सुवानः/इन्दुः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: आदन (प्रातिपदिक; from √दा/√दन् with ā- ‘taking, receiving’; Vedic epithet)

• क्रतुः: will; resolve; inspired power
• क्रतुः: Kartā (apposition/epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्दुः: Indu; Soma (the bright drop)
• इन्दुः: Kartā (main subject: Soma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)

• विचक्षणः: clear-sighted; discerning
• विचक्षणः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि- + √चक्ष् / विचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक ‘clear-seeing, discerning’)