Rig Veda 9.65.13: Mandala 9, Sukta 65, Mantra 13

Sukta 9.65

Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input (Soma-Pavamāna corpus; traditionally attributed within Pavamanas to seer-families, but verse-level attribution requires external pada-index).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Soma in the act of purification/clarification).

Chandas: Likely Jagatī (common in RV 9; exact meter requires syllable count verification).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ न इन्दो महीमिषं पवस्व विश्वदर्शतः । अस्मभ्यं सोम गातुवित् ॥

Transliteration

ā na índo mahī́m íṣaṃ páv asva viśvá-darśataḥ | asmábhyaṃ soma gātú-vit ||

Translation

Flow towards us, O Indu, bringing the vast nourishment; O all-beautifully manifest Soma, become for us the knower and finder of the right paths of movement (the inner ways).

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (हितार्थे ‘for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma)
• इन्दो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• महीम्: great
• महीम्: Karma (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• इषम्: refreshment, strength, nourishment
• इषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिकम् ‘refreshment, strength’)

• पवस्व: purify thyself / flow (as purified)
• पवस्व: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातुः) → पवते

• विश्वदर्शतः: O all-visible one
• विश्वदर्शतः: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative)
• Root: विश्व-दर्शत (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘seen by all/visible to all’)

• अस्मभ्यम्: to us
• अस्मभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• गातुवित्: O finder/knower of paths (guide)
• गातुवित्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative)
• Root: गातु-वित् (प्रातिपदिकम्; गातु ‘path/way’ + वित् ‘finder/knower’)