Rig Veda 9.30.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 30, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.30

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र सोमो अति धारया पवमानो असिष्यदत् । अभि द्रोणान्यासदम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.30.4

Transliteration

prá somó áti dhā́rayā pávamāno asisyadat | abhí droṇā́ny āsádam ||

Translation

Soma, purifying, surges forward beyond the stream; he presses on toward the vats, taking his seat—establishing the clarified delight in its prepared receptacles within us.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• सोमः: Soma (the pressed juice/deity)
• सोमः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अति: over, beyond
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (upasarga/avyaya)

• धारया: with/through the stream (current)
• धारया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवमानः: purifying, being purified (as it flows)
• पवमानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: पवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पू/पु ‘to purify’)

• असिष्यदत्: flowed, streamed
• असिष्यदत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्यन्द् (to flow, stream) + अ (augment)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (upasarga/avyaya)

• द्रोणानि: wooden vats/tubs (pressing-vessels)
• द्रोणानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण (प्रातिपदिक)

• आसदम्: approach, arrival; settling down (into)
• आसदम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसद (प्रातिपदिक; from ā-√सद् ‘to sit/settle, approach’)