Rig Veda 9.62.25: Mandala 9, Sukta 62, Mantra 25
Sukta 9.62
Rishi: Jamadagni
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; needs verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पवस्व वाचो अग्रियः सोम चित्राभिरूतिभिः । अभि विश्वानि काव्या ॥
Transliteration
pávasva vācó agriyáḥ sóma citrā́bhir ūtíbhiḥ | abhí víśvāni kā́vyā ||
Translation
Purify yourself, O Soma, as the foremost of inspired speech; with your many-colored help-powers press upon and awaken all the poet-secrets within.
Word by Word
पवस्वpurify yourself / flow forth (as purified)
पवस्व:
— (predicate; addressed to Soma)
TypeVerb
Root√पू (pū) / √पव् (pav) ‘to purify, flow’
वाचःof speech / from speech
वाचः:
Apādāna (source/point of reference) / Adhikaraṇa (sphere)
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्- (f.)
अग्रियःforemost / pre-eminent
अग्रियः:
Kartā (as epithet of Soma, agreeing with implied ‘सॊमः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअग्रिय- (adj.) < अग्र ‘foremost’
सोमO Soma
सोम:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (m.)
चित्राभिःwith bright / wondrous
चित्राभिः:
Karaṇa (means) (qualifying ‘ऊतिभिः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्रा- (adj.) ‘bright, variegated’
ऊतिभिःwith aids / with protections
ऊतिभिः:
Karaṇa (means)
TypeNoun
Rootऊति- (f.) ‘help, aid, protection’
अभिtowards / over / upon
अभि:
— (modifies verbal sense ‘towards/over’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (prep./upasarga)
विश्वानिall (things)
विश्वानि:
Karma (object of implied action with अभि)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootविश्व- (adj./pron.) ‘all’
काव्याpoetic (utterances) / inspired poems
काव्या:
Karma (in apposition to ‘विश्वानि’)
TypeNoun
Rootकाव्य- (n.) ‘poetic works/poems; inspired utterances’
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