Rig Veda 9.5.8: Mandala 9, Sukta 5, Mantra 8
Sukta 9.5
Devata: Soma Pavamāna with the triad Bhāratī–Sarasvatī–Iḷā invoked
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
भारती पवमानस्य सरस्वतीळा मही । इमं नो यज्ञमा गमन्तिस्रो देवीः सुपेशसः ॥
Transliteration
bhā́ratī pávamānasya sárasvatī́ḷā mahī́ | imáṃ no yajñám ā́ gaman tisró devī́ḥ su-péśasaḥ ||
Translation
浄めゆくソーマのバーラティー（Bhāratī）、サラスヴァティー（Sarasvatī）、そして偉大なるイラー（Iḷā）――姿かたち整いし三女神よ――われらの祭祀に来たりませ。霊感の言葉と正しき形成の力、われらのうちに到来せよ。
Word by Word
भारतीBhāratī (goddess Bhāratī)
भारती:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper/theonym)
Rootभारती (प्रातिपदिक; देवीनाम)
पवमानस्यof the Pavamāna (Soma), the purifying one
पवमानस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पू/पु ‘to purify, cleanse’ → पवमान ‘purifying, flowing’)
सरस्वतीSarasvatī (goddess Sarasvatī)
सरस्वती:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper/theonym)
Rootसरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक; नदी/देवी)
इळाIḷā/Idā (goddess of invocation/nourishment)
इळा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper/theonym)
Rootइळा/इडा (प्रातिपदिक; देवी)
महीgreat, mighty
मही:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-सम्बन्धेन)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootमही (प्रातिपदिक; ‘great’)
इमम्this
इमम्:
कर्म (विशेषण-सम्बन्धेन)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःour
नः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypePronoun (enclitic)
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
यज्ञम्sacrifice, ritual
यज्ञम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; from √यज् ‘to worship, sacrifice’)
आhither, to (towards)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/particle)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
गमन्तिthey come
गमन्ति:
क्रिया (कर्तृ=देवीः)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति) ‘to go, come’
तिस्रःthree
तिस्रः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-सम्बन्धेन)
TypeNumeral adjective
Rootत्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
देवीःgoddesses
देवीः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक; from देव ‘divine’)
सुपेशसःof beautiful form, well-adorned
सुपेशसः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-सम्बन्धेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-पेशस् (समास; सु ‘well’ + पेशस् ‘form, beauty’)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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