Rig Veda 9.86.47: Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 47
Sukta 9.86
Rishi: Unspecified here; hymn-level Anukramaṇī needed.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu/Soma).
Chandas: Likely Jagatī (requires verification).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र ते धारा अत्यण्वानि मेष्यः पुनानस्य संयतो यन्ति रंहयः । यद्गोभिरिन्दो चम्वोः समज्यस आ सुवानः सोम कलशेषु सीदसि ॥
Transliteration
prá te dhārā́ áty aṇvā́ni méṣyaḥ punānáasya saṃyató yanti raṃháyaḥ | yád góbhir indo camvóḥ samajyása ā́ suvānáḥ soma kalaśéṣu sīdasi ||
Translation
汝の流れよ、前へ進め。浄められ、正しき道へと集められるとき、速く微細なる奔流は走る。インドゥよ、二つの杯にて光の光線と和合するとき——搾り出されたソーマよ、汝は成就の器に座を占める。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्)
धाराःstreams, flowings
धाराः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधारा (धृ/धार्- ‘to flow/hold’)
अतिover, beyond
अति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (upasarga/avyaya)
अण्वानिfine (channels/paths), narrow (ways)
अण्वानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअणु (prātipadika)
मेṣ्यःimpetuous, ram-like
मेṣ्यः:
Kartā (as epithet of Soma/Indu)
TypeAdjective
Rootमेṣ्य (prātipadika; ‘ram-like/impetuous’)
पुनानस्यof the purifying (one)
पुनानस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeParticiple
Rootपू (धातु) → पुनान (present middle participle)
संयतःrestrained, held in (check)
संयतः:
Kartā (agreeing with मेṣ्यः)
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootसम्-यम् (धातु) → संयत (PPP)
यन्तिgo, move
यन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootयम्/या (धातु ‘to go’)
रंहयःswift (currents), speeds
रंहयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरंह (prātipadika ‘speed, swiftness’)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
गोभिःwith cows (i.e., with milk)
गोभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगो (prātipadika)
इन्दोO Indu (Soma)
इन्दो:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (prātipadika)
चम्वोःin/of the two cups (bowls)
चम्वोः:
Adhikaraṇa (sense: ‘in the two cups’)
TypeNoun
Rootचमू (prātipadika)
समज्यसःhaving been mixed/anointed together
समज्यसः:
Kartā (descriptive of the agent)
TypeKṛdanta (verbal adjective/participle-like)
Rootसम्-अञ्ज् (धातु ‘to anoint, smear’) → समज्य (gerundive/absolutive-stem used as kṛdanta) + -स (Vedic form)
आtowards, into
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
सुवानःbeing pressed/expressed
सुवानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootसु (धातु ‘to press/express’) → सुवान (present middle participle)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (prātipadika)
कलशेषुin the jars, in the vessels
कलशेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकलश (prātipadika)
सीदसिyou sit, you settle
सीदसि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootसद् (धातु ‘to sit, settle’)
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