Rig Veda 9.86.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.86
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Jagatī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र त आशवः पवमान धीजवो मदा अर्षन्ति रघुजा इव त्मना । दिव्याः सुपर्णा मधुमन्त इन्दवो मदिन्तमासः परि कोशमासते ॥
Transliteration
prá ta āśávaḥ pavamāna dhī-jávo madā́ arṣanti raghujā́ iva tmánā | divyā́ḥ suparṇā́ mádhu-manta índavo madíntamāsaḥ pári kóśam āsate ||
Translation
浄められゆくソーマよ、あなたの速き流れは前へと奔り出る——霊感ある思惟に駆られた衝動として——自らの魂の力によって、競走者のごとく疾走する。神なる、翼美しき、蜜に満ちた滴は、歓喜において最も酔わせるものとして、器（コーシャ）の周りに満ちて座す。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
आशवःthe swift ones
आशवः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootआशु (प्रातिपदिक)
पवमानO Pavamāna (purifying Soma)
पवमान:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun/Participle (epithet)
Rootपवमान (√पू ‘to purify’ + शानच्, present participle)
धीजवःswift through inspiration / impelled by thought
धीजवः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootधी (f.) + जव (m.) → धी-जव (प्रातिपदिक, bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa)
मदाःintoxicating draughts / exhilarations
मदाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्षन्तिthey rush/flow
अर्षन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ऋष्/अर्ष् (to flow, rush)
रघुजाःswift-born / quickly moving
रघुजाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootरघु (adj.) + जा (from √जन् ‘be born/produce’) → रघुजा (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
त्मनाby (their) own self / of themselves
त्मना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic for आत्मन्)
दिव्याःheavenly, divine
दिव्याः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सुपर्णाःfair-winged (birds)
सुपर्णाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसुपर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
मधुमन्तःhoneyed, sweet
मधुमन्तः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्दवःSoma-drops
इन्दवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
मदिन्तमासःmost exhilarating
मदिन्तमासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootमदिन् (adj. from √मद् ‘be exhilarated’) + तमप् (superlative) → मदिन्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (upasarga)
कोशम्vessel, vat (filtering vessel)
कोशम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकोश (प्रातिपदिक)
आसतेthey sit/settle (upon), take their place
आसते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√आस् (to sit) with preverb आ-
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