Rig Veda 9.86.46: Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 46

Sukta 9.86

Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in the provided excerpt (Pavamāna Soma corpus; often attributed in tradition to various seers—requires hymn-level Anukramaṇī confirmation).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma).

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

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

असर्जि स्कम्भो दिव उद्यतो मदः परि त्रिधातुर्भुवनान्यर्षति । अंशुं रिहन्ति मतयः पनिप्नतं गिरा यदि निर्णिजमृग्मिणो ययुः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.86.46

Transliteration

asárji skambhó divá udyató mádaḥ pári tridʰātúr bhúvanāny arṣati | aṃśúṃ rihanti matáyaḥ panípnataṃ girā yádi nirṇíjam ṛgmíṇo yayúḥ ||

Translation

Released is the upholding Pillar from the luminous heights: the ecstasy uplifted pours itself around the threefold-founded worlds. The thought-powers lick and refine the bright ray, delicately shaping it; when the singers go forth with the hymn, they clothe it in its shining vesture.

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Word by Word

• असर्जि: was released / has been set in motion
• असर्जि: (finite verb of clause 1)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्

• स्कम्भः: the prop/support (pillar)
• स्कम्भः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कम्भ

• दिवः: of heaven / of the sky
• दिवः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्

• उद्यतः: raised up / uplifted
• उद्यतः: Viśeṣaṇa of स्कम्भः
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: उद्-यम्

• मदः: intoxication / exhilaration (Soma-rapture)
• मदः: Kartā (apposition to स्कम्भः, or co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद

• परि: around
• परि: (upasarga with verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• त्रिधातुः: of the threefold (world/order)
• त्रिधातुः: Apādāna/Adhikaraṇa nuance with परि…अर्षति (around/through the threefold realm)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: त्रि-धातु

• भुवनानि: the worlds / beings
• भुवनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन

• अर्षति: flows / rushes
• अर्षति: (finite verb of clause 1)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋष्/अर्ष्

• अंशुम्: the Soma-stalk / ray (of Soma)
• अंशुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशु

• रिहन्ति: they lick / lap
• रिहन्ति: (finite verb of clause 2)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिह्

• मतयः: thoughts / hymnic inspirations
• मतयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति

• पनिप्नतम्: well-pressed / thoroughly purified (of Soma)
• पनिप्नतम्: Viśeṣaṇa of अंशुम्
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: पनि-√प्नत् (denom./intensive from √पन्/√प्नद्? Vedic form)

• गिरा: with song / by hymn
• गिरा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्

• यदि: when / as
• यदि: (connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• निर्णिजम्: garment / shining covering (radiance)
• निर्णिजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्णिज्

• ऋग्मिणः: the hymn-possessing (singers/priests)
• ऋग्मिणः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ऋग्मिन्

• ययुः: have gone / went
• ययुः: (finite verb of clause 3)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या