Rig Veda 9.6.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 6, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.6

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Devata: Soma Pavamāna.

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Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मन्द्रया सोम धारया वृषा पवस्व देवयुः । अव्यो वारेष्वस्मयुः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.6.1

Transliteration

mandráyā soma dhā́rayā vṛ́ṣā pavasva devayúḥ | ávyo vā́reṣv asmayúḥ ||

Translation

ソーマよ、歓喜をもたらす流れとなって、力の牡牛として流れよ。神々を求める者として自らを浄めよ。羊毛の濾し網のうちに、われらへと慕い寄りつつ、受け取られる姿をとれ。

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• मन्द्रया: with the gladdening/pleasant (one)
• मन्द्रया: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• धारया: with the stream/flow
• धारया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक; √धृ ‘to hold, flow’ से)

• वृषा: the Bull (vigorous one)
• वृषा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृषन्/वृषा (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवस्व: purify yourself; flow forth
• पवस्व: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते) ‘to purify, to flow (as Soma)’

• देवयुः: seeking the gods; god-loving
• देवयुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवयु (प्रातिपदिक; देव + यु ‘seeking/longing’)

• अव्यः: (like) wool; the woollen (filter)
• अव्यः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (उपमा/विशेषण-भावे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sheep’s wool, woollen filter’)

• वारेषु: in the waters
• वारेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि/वार (प्रातिपदिक; ‘water’)

• अस्मयुः: seeking the stone (press); stone-directed
• अस्मयुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मयु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘stone-seeking/stone-pressing’, from अस्मन् ‘stone’)