Rig Veda 9.51.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 51, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.51

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभ्यर्ष विचक्षण पवित्रं धारया सुतः । अभि वाजमुत श्रवः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.51.5

Transliteration

abhý arṣa vi-cákṣaṇa pavítraṃ dhā́rayā sutáḥ | abhí vā́jam utá śrávaḥ ||

Translation

明見の者よ、流れ出でよ——搾られたソーマよ、濾し器（pavitra）を通る流れに沿って。力の充溢（vāja）へ、また魂の聞こえ（śravas）へと流れ向かえ。

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, over
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa (directional/goal marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अर्ष: flow! rush!
• अर्ष: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋष् (धातु)

• विचक्षण: O discerning one
• विचक्षण: Sambodhana (address to Soma)
• Type: Adjective (vocative)
• Root: वि-चक्ष् (धातु) → विचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक ‘discerning’)

• पवित्रम्: the filter, strainer
• पवित्रम्: Karma (goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• धारया: with the stream/current
• धारया: Karaṇa (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुतः: pressed (Soma)
• सुतः: Kartā (agent/subject: Soma)
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: सु (धातु) → सुत (कृदन्त, PPP)

• अभि: towards
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa (directional/goal marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वाजम्: prize, strength, victory
• वाजम्: Karma (attained object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and also
• उत: (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (अव्यय)

• श्रवः: fame, renown
• श्रवः: Karma (attained object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)