Rig Veda 9.44.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 44, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.44

Rishi: Traditionally: Soma Pavamāna hymns are attributed to various seers; specific ascription for RV 9.44 varies by recension/Anukramaṇī (commonly from the Pavamāna collections).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (purifying Soma/Indu)

Chandas: Likely Jagatī/Triṣṭubh-family meter typical of Pavamāna sections; exact chandas should be verified against the Anukramaṇī for RV 9.44.1.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ण इन्दो महे तन ऊर्मिं न बिभ्रदर्षसि । अभि देवाँ अयास्यः ॥

Transliteration

prá ṇa indó mahé tána ūrmíṃ ná bíbhrad arṣasi | abhí devā́m̐ ayā́syàḥ ||

Translation

われらのために流れ出でよ、インドゥ（Indu）よ、広大なる展開のために。波を担うがごとく奔りゆけ。熱心なる招き手として神々へと進め――神なる力が入り来たり、われらの内に働くために。

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• नः: to us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (recipient) (contextual)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma)
• इन्दो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्दु-

• महे: for greatness / for the great (goal)
• महे: Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: महि-

• तनः: of (your) body / of the body
• तनः: Adhikaraṇa (sphere: ‘in/with the body’) (contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू-

• ऊर्मिम्: wave, surge
• ऊर्मिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्मि-

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• बिभ्रत्: bearing, carrying
• बिभ्रत्: Kartā (agreeing with the subject ‘Indu’)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: भृ (भरणे)

• अर्षसि: you flow, you rush
• अर्षसि: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋष्/अर्ष् (गत्यर्थः; ‘to flow, rush’)

• अभि: towards, onto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (upasarga)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (goal of motion with अभि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-

• अयास्यः: unwearied / with tireless mouth
• अयास्यः: Kartā (predicate adjective of the subject ‘Indu’)
• Type: Adjective (predicative)
• Root: अयास्य- (prātipadika; epithet of Soma, lit. ‘with non-weary mouth’ / ‘unwearied’)