Rig Veda 9.70.9: Mandala 9, Sukta 70, Mantra 9

Sukta 9.70

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (petitioning for protection; linked to Indra)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवस्व सोम देववीतये वृषेन्द्रस्य हार्दि सोमधानमा विश । पुरा नो बाधाद्दुरिताति पारय क्षेत्रविद्धि दिश आहा विपृच्छते ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.70.9

Transliteration

páv asva soma devá-vītaye vṛ́ṣéndrasya hā́rdi soma-dhā́nam ā́ víśa | purā́ no bādhā́d duritā́ti pāraya kṣetra-víd dhi díśa ā́hā vi-pṛcchate ||

Translation

Flow forth, Soma, for the gods’ enjoyment; enter the Soma-seat in the heart of the Bull Indra. Carry us beyond distress and evil before it strikes. Knowing the field, declare the directions to the one who asks.

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Word by Word

• पवस्व: purify yourself / flow forth
• पवस्व: — (predicate; addressed action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (pū) / √पव् (pav) ‘to purify, flow’

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika) < √सु (su) ‘to press’

• देववीतये: for the gods’ enjoyment / for divine refreshment
• देववीतये: Sampradāna (purpose/beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देववीति (prātipadika) ‘divine enjoyment/refreshment; being enjoyed by the gods’

• वृषेन्द्रस्य: of mighty Indra
• वृषेन्द्रस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor/relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषेन्द्र (prātipadika) ‘bull-like Indra, mighty Indra’

• हार्दि: in the heart
• हार्दि: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हार्द (prātipadika) ‘heart; inner heart’

• सोमधानम्: the Soma-seat / Soma-receptacle
• सोमधानम्: Karma (goal/object with motion verb)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमधान (prātipadika) ‘Soma-receptacle/placing; Soma-support’

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / indeclinable

• विश: enter
• विश: — (predicate; addressed action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (viś) ‘to enter’

• पुरा: formerly; beforehand
• पुरा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (indeclinable)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary: ‘for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• बाधात्: ward off / repel
• बाधात्: — (predicate; addressed action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बाध् (bādh) ‘to press, afflict, oppress’

• दुरिताति: from distress / from evil
• दुरिताति: Apādāna (source/that from which)
• Type: Noun (adverbial use)
• Root: दुरित (prātipadika) ‘misfortune, sin, distress’ + -अति (Vedic adverbial/ablatival extension)

• पारय: carry across; save
• पारय: — (predicate; addressed action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ/√पार् (pṝ/pār) ‘to carry across, save’

• क्षेत्रवित्: the field-knower
• क्षेत्रवित्: Kartā (appositional epithet of Soma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्रवित् (prātipadika) ‘knower of the field/region’ (< क्षेत्र + √विद्)

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (indeclinable particle)

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: Karma (object of ‘ask/inquire’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (prātipadika) ‘direction, quarter’

• आहा: ‘thus’, saying
• आहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable (quotative)
• Root: आह (perfect of √अह्/√ब्रू ‘to say’) used as quotative particle

• विपृच्छते: he asks / he inquires
• विपृच्छते: — (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्रच्छ् (prach) ‘to ask’ with vi-