Rig Veda 9.86.18: Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 18
Sukta 9.86
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ नः सोम संयतं पिप्युषीमिषमिन्दो पवस्व पवमानो अस्रिधम् । या नो दोहते त्रिरहन्नसश्चुषी क्षुमद्वाजवन्मधुमत्सुवीर्यम् ॥
Transliteration
ā́ naḥ soma saṃyátaṃ pipyúṣīm íṣam indo pavasva pavamāno asrídham | yā́ no dóhate trír áhan ásaścuṣī kṣúmad vājávan mádhumat suvī́ryam ||
Translation
ソーマ（Soma）よ、制御された豊穣を携えて、われらのもとへ来たれ――増し広がる衝力の糧を。インドゥ（Indu）よ、浄めよ、パヴァマーナ（Pavamāna）よ、決して過たず。われらのため日に三たび乳を搾るその者は、尽きることなく、力に満ち、勝利の力に満ち、甘蜜に満ち、英雄の威力に満ちて与える。
Word by Word
आhither; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
नःof us; our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सोमO Soma
सोम:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (prātipadika)
संयतम्well-held; well-controlled; gathered
संयतम्:
विशेषण (of the requested gift/food)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसम्-यम् (dhātu √यम् ‘to restrain/hold’) → संयत (ppp)
पिप्युषीम्swelling; abundant; full
पिप्युषीम्:
विशेषण (of इषम्)
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Root√प्यै/पि (Vedic: ‘to swell, be full, abound’) → पिप्युषी (perf. act. ptc. f.)
इषम्refreshment; nourishment; strength
इषम्:
कर्म (object of ‘bring/come with’)
TypeNoun
Rootइष्/इषा- (prātipadika)
इन्दोO Indu (Soma-drop)
इन्दो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु- (prātipadika)
पवस्वpurify yourself; flow purified
पवस्व:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पू (pū ‘to purify’) → पवते
पवमानःpurifying; being purified
पवमानः:
कर्तृ (agent, Soma)
TypeParticiple
Root√पू (pū) → पवमान (pres. mid. ptc.)
अस्रिधम्unfailing; unerring
अस्रिधम्:
कर्म/प्राप्य (that which is to be obtained/produced)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ- + स्रिध् (prātipadika from √स्रिध् ‘to fail, be lax, be treacherous’) → अस्रिध
याwhich (she/that)
या:
कर्तृ (of दोहते)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद्
नःto us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (recipient)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
दोहतेmilks; yields
दोहते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√दुह् (to milk) → दोहते
त्रिःthrice
त्रिः:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootत्रिस् (indeclinable numeral)
अहन्day
अहन्:
अधिकरण (time)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन्- (prātipadika)
असश्चुषीnot lagging behind; not failing to accompany
असश्चुषी:
विशेषण (of या)
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootअ- + √सच्/सञ्च् (Vedic ‘to follow, accompany, cling’) → सश्चुषी (ptc. f.)
क्षुमत्nourishing; rich in food
क्षुमत्:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षु- / क्षुम् (prātipadika ‘food, nourishment’)
वाजवत्prize-bearing; strength-giving
वाजवत्:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootवाज- (prātipadika ‘prize, strength’) + -वत्
मधुमत्sweet; honeyed
मधुमत्:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमधु- (prātipadika ‘honey, sweetness’) + -मत्
सुवीर्यम्good heroism; excellent manly power
सुवीर्यम्:
कर्म (thing yielded/obtained)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसु- + वीर्य- (prātipadika ‘manly power, heroism’)
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