Rig Veda 9.88.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 88, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.88
Devata: Indra (receiving Soma) / Soma as offering
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अयं सोम इन्द्र तुभ्यं सुन्वे तुभ्यं पवते त्वमस्य पाहि । त्वं ह यं चकृषे त्वं ववृष इन्दुं मदाय युज्याय सोमम् ॥
Transliteration
ayáṃ sóma indra túbhyaṃ sunve túbhyaṃ pavate tvám asya pāhi | tváṃ ha yáṃ cakṛṣé tváṃ vavṛ́ṣa índuṃ mádāya yújyāya sómam ||
Translation
このソーマは、インドラよ、汝のために搾られる。汝のために浄め流れる——これを飲みたまえ。汝が道を作り、汝が育て増したその滴、歓喜の雫たるそのソーマは、汝の恍惚のため、また働きに結ぶ軛（くびき）のためにある。
Word by Word
अयम्this (Soma)
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तुभ्यम्for you
तुभ्यम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुन्वेI press/extract
सुन्वे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसु (धातु) ‘to press/extract (Soma)’
तुभ्यम्for you
तुभ्यम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पवतेit purifies/flows
पवते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपू (धातु) ‘to purify/flow (as purified)’
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof it / of this (Soma)
अस्य:
(सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पाहिdrink!
पाहि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु) ‘to drink/protect’
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हindeed
ह:
(निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
यम्whom/which
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
(अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (समुच्चय)
चकृषेyou have made
चकृषे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) ‘to make/do’
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ववृषेyou have made to rain/you have strengthened
ववृषे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवृष् (धातु) ‘to rain down; to make strong/refresh’
इन्दुम्the drop (Soma)
इन्दुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
मदायfor exhilaration
मदाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक) ‘intoxication/rapture’
युज्यायfor yoking/for harnessing (to the rite)
युज्याय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootयुज्य (प्रातिपदिक) < युज् ‘to yoke/join’
सोमम्Soma
सोमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
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