Rig Veda 9.62.22: Mandala 9, Sukta 62, Mantra 22

Sukta 9.62

Rishi: Jamadagni (same hymn context)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; needs syllable verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एते सोमा असृक्षत गृणानाः श्रवसे महे । मदिन्तमस्य धारया ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.62.22

Transliteration

eté sómā asṛkṣata gṛṇānā́ḥ śrávase mahé | mádintamasya dhā́rayā ||

Translation

これらのソーマの流れは放たれた。讃えられつつ、それらは大いなる名声（śravas）へと進む――最も酔わせる歓喜の流れ（dhārā）において。

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Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun/Determiner
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / एष-प्रातिपदिक

• सोमाः: Soma (drops/juices)
• सोमाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• असृक्षत: they were released / they flowed forth
• असृक्षत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) ‘to let flow, release’

• गृणानाः: praising / being praised (as they are sung)
• गृणानाः: कर्तृ (कर्तृ-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: गृ (धातु) ‘to sing, praise’ → गृणान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)

• श्रवसे: for fame / for renown
• श्रवसे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘fame, glory’

• महे: great
• महे: सम्प्रदान (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘great’

• मदिन्तमस्य: the most intoxicating (draught) of him/it (of Soma)
• मदिन्तमस्य: कर्म (धारया इति करणेन सह—‘धारया मदिन्तमम्’)
• Type: Adjective + Pronoun (genitive)
• Root: मदिन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘intoxicating, gladdening’ + तमप् (तम) + अस्य (इदम्-सर्वनाम)

• धारया: with a stream / by the flow
• धारया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक) ‘stream, flow’