Rig Veda 9.81.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 81, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.81
Rishi: Not securely inferable from the excerpt alone.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna, oriented to Indra’s empowerment.
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (requires verification).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र सोमस्य पवमानस्योर्मय इन्द्रस्य यन्ति जठरं सुपेशसः । दध्ना यदीमुन्नीता यशसा गवां दानाय शूरमुदमन्दिषुः सुताः ॥
Transliteration
prá sómasya pavamānasyórmaya índrasya yanti jaṭháraṃ su-péśasaḥ | dadhnā́ yad ī́m unnī́tā yaśásā gávāṃ dānā́ya śū́ram úd amandiṣuḥ sutā́ḥ ||
Translation
浄められゆくソーマの波は前へと奔り、姿うるわしく、インドラの腹へと赴く。凝乳の濃みをもって持ち上げられ、搾り出されて、英雄を歓喜させる――光の牛群（光輝の光線）を施すために。栄光によって彼を高く押し上げる。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग) / pra
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक) / soma
पवमानस्यof the purifying (Soma)
पवमानस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootपवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘to purify’/√पु ‘to cleanse’, पवते) / pavamāna
ऊर्मयःwaves, billows
ऊर्मयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिक) / ūrmi
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) / indra
यन्तिgo, move
यन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√या (याति) / √yā
जठरम्belly, stomach
जठरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootजठर (प्रातिपदिक) / jaṭhara
सुपेशसःbeautiful, well-formed
सुपेशसः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुपेशस् (सु- + पेशस् ‘form/beauty’) / supeśas
दध्नाwith curdled milk, with curds
दध्ना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootदधन्/दधि (प्रातिपदिक) / dadhan/dadhi
यत्when, as
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (relative) / Pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / yad
ईम्him/it (emphatic particle)
ईम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootईम् (निपात) / īm
उन्नीताःraised up, led upward
उन्नीताः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeParticiple
Rootउद्-√नी (नेति) → उन्नीत (PPP) / ud-√nī
यशसाwith glory, by fame
यशसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootयशस् (प्रातिपदिक) / yaśas
गवाम्of cows
गवाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक) / go
दानायfor giving, for a gift
दानाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक) / dāna
शूरम्the hero (Indra)
शूरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक) / śūra
उद्up, forth
उद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग) / ud
अमन्दिषुःthey exhilarated, they made (him) glad
अमन्दिषुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मन्द् (मन्दते/मन्दति; ‘to be glad, exhilarate’) with अ-augment? → अमन्दिषुः / √mand
सुताःpressed (Soma-draughts)
सुताः:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple
Rootसु (PPP ‘pressed’) from √सु/√सव् ‘to press (Soma)’ → सुत / √su
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