Rig Veda 9.61.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.61
Rishi: RV 9 Pavamāna tradition; specific attribution requires Anukramaṇī.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Jagatī (to be verified)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पवमानस्य ते वयं पवित्रमभ्युन्दतः । सखित्वमा वृणीमहे ॥
Transliteration
pavamā́nasya te vayáṃ pavítram abhyúndataḥ | sakhitvám ā́ vṛṇīmahe ||
Translation
自らを浄める者よ、あなたが濾し器（pavitra）へと注ぎ流れるとき、われらはあなたに属して、友誼（sakhitva）を選び取る——あなたの澄明の歓喜との親密な盟約を。
Word by Word
पवमानस्यof the purifying (Soma)
पवमानस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) विशेषण-सम्बन्धः (of Soma)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपवमान- (√पू ‘to purify/cleanse’ → पवमान ‘purifying, flowing (Soma)’)
तेto you / your
ते:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to you / your)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun) → ते
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (1st person pronoun) → वयम्
पवित्रम्the filter (purifying sieve)
पवित्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र- (instrument of purification; sieve/filter) < √पू
अभिtowards, onto
अभि:
(क्रियाविशेषण) गत्यर्थ-सम्बन्धः
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअभि
उन्दतःof (him) pouring/sprinkling
उन्दतः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (agentive qualifier of Soma)
TypeParticiple
Root√उन्द् (to wet, sprinkle, pour) → उन्दत्
सखित्वम्friendship
सखित्वम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootसखि- (friend) → सखित्व- (friendship)
आtowards, unto (fully)
आ:
(क्रियाविशेषण) पूर्णता/आगमन-भावः
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ
वृणीमहेwe choose / we seek
वृणीमहे:
क्रिया (कर्तृ = वयम्; कर्म = सखित्वम्)
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणीते) ‘to choose, select’
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