Rig Veda 9.108.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 108, Mantra 7

Sukta 9.108

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ सोता परि षिञ्चताश्वं न स्तोममप्तुरं रजस्तुरम् । वनक्रक्षमुदप्रुतम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.108.7

Transliteration

ā sotā pári siñcatā́śvaṃ ná stómaṃ apturáṃ rajastúram | vana-krakṣám udá-prutam ||

Translation

O pressers, pour it all around—this praiseful surge like a horse—swift to cross the waters, rushing through the mid-world, breaking through the thickets of the being, leaping upward beyond the lower flood.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• सोता: the presser (of Soma)
• सोता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: √सु (सुनोति) / su ‘to press (Soma)’

• परि: around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग) / pari (preverb)

• षिञ्चत: sprinkle!; pour!
• षिञ्चत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिच् (सिञ्चति) / sic ‘to pour, sprinkle’

• अश्वम्: the horse
• अश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व / aśva

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न / na

• स्तोमम्: a hymn of praise
• स्तोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम / stoma

• अप्तुरम्: active; effective; ‘working’ (aptura)
• अप्तुरम्: Karma (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्तुर / aptura

• रजस्तुरम्: overcoming/cleaving the rajas (mid-air, space); space-surpassing
• रजस्तुरम्: Karma (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रजस्-तुर / rajas-tura (तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि-समास: ‘rajas’ + ‘tura’)

• वनक्रक्षम्: wood-resounding; forest-crying (epithet of the hymn/chant)
• वनक्रक्षम्: Karma (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वन-क्रक्ष / vana-krakṣa (समास; क्रक्ष- ‘cry/call’ with वन-)

• उदप्रुतम्: up-sprung; surging up; welling forth
• उदप्रुतम्: Karma (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद-प्रुत / ud-pruta (समास; ud ‘up/out’ + pruta < √प्लु/√प्रु ‘to float, spring, surge’)