Rig Veda 9.86.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 6
Sukta 9.86
Rishi: Traditionally ascribed to Soma Pavamāna seers of Mandala 9 (often within the Kāṇva/Angirasa transmission; specific rishi for 9.86 varies by Anukramaṇī recension)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Soma in the act of purification)
Chandas: Jagatī (dominant for many verses in RV 9; this verse conforms to the Jagatī cadence in common recensions)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उभयतः पवमानस्य रश्मयो ध्रुवस्य सतः परि यन्ति केतवः । यदी पवित्रे अधि मृज्यते हरिः सत्ता नि योना कलशेषु सीदति ॥
Transliteration
ubhayatáḥ pávamānasya raśmáyo dhruvásya satáḥ pári yanti ketávaḥ | yadī pavítre ádhi mṛ́jyate háriḥ sattā́ ní yonā kalaśéṣu sīdati ||
Translation
自ら清められるソーマ（Soma）の光線は、真実（sat）に堅く住して、両側より光の徴（ketu）としてめぐり行く。黄褐の者（hari）が濾し布（pavitra）の上で磨き清められるとき、まことの座に就き、受け容れ保つ杯（kalaśa）という諸の「胎（よな）」に静かに坐す。
Word by Word
उभयतःon both sides
उभयतः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउभय (प्रातिपदिक)
पवमानस्यof the purifying/flowing (Soma)
पवमानस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पू (पवते) 'to purify, flow')
रश्मयःrays, reins (streams)
रश्मयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)
ध्रुवस्यof the firm/steadfast
ध्रुवस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
सतःof the being/existent one
सतः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √अस् 'to be')
परिaround
परि:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि
यन्तिgo, move
यन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√या (to go)
केतवःbright signs, beams
केतवः:
Kartā (apposition to रश्मयः)
TypeNoun
Rootकेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
यदीwhen
यदी:
Sambandha (clausal connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
पवित्रेin/at the filter (sieve)
पवित्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon
अधि:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि
मृज्यतेis cleansed, is purified
मृज्यते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√मृज् (to wipe/clean/purify)
हरिःthe tawny one (Soma)
हरिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
सत्ताin truth / as being (truly)
सत्ता:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial sense: 'truly/indeed')
TypeNoun
Rootसत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √अस्) / or सत्त्व (भाव)
निdown, into
नि:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि
योनौin the womb/seat (source)
योनौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
कलशेषुin the jars/vessels
कलशेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकलश (प्रातिपदिक)
सीदतिsits down, settles
सीदति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√सद् (to sit, settle)
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