Rig Veda 9.67.18: Mandala 9, Sukta 67, Mantra 18

Sukta 9.67

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (directed to Vāyu as recipient)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ते सुतासो मदिन्तमाः शुक्रा वायुमसृक्षत ॥

Transliteration

té sutā́so madín-tamāḥ śukrā́ vā́yum asṛkṣata ||

Translation

ಆ ಸುತ ಸೋಮಧಾರೆಗಳು—ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಮದಕರ, ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಶುದ್ಧ—ವಾಯುವಿನ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಗೊಂಡಿವೆ, ಪ್ರಾಣದೇವನು ಶುದ್ಧೀಕೃತ ಆನಂದವನ್ನು ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಲೆಂದು.

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Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुतासः: the pressed Soma-drops
• सुतासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: सुता- (√सु ‘to press/extract (Soma)’, क्त-प्रत्यय; ‘pressed/extracted’)

• मदिन्-तमाः: most intoxicating
• मदिन्-तमाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदिन्- (मद् ‘intoxication/rapture’ + इन्; ‘intoxicating’) + तम (superlative)

• शुक्राः: bright/clear
• शुक्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्र- (‘bright, clear, shining’)

• वायुम्: Vāyu
• वायुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: वायु- (‘Wind-god Vāyu’)

• असृक्षत: they sped/flowed toward; they set in motion
• असृक्षत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृज् (‘to let go, send forth, set in motion’)