Rig Veda 9.62.8: Mandala 9, Sukta 62, Mantra 8
Sukta 9.62
Rishi: Soma-Pavamāna seer-family; exact attribution needs anukramaṇī verification
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (offered to Indra)
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सो अर्षेन्द्राय पीतये तिरो रोमाण्यव्यया । सीदन्योना वनेष्वा ॥
Transliteration
só arṣéndrāya pītáye tiró romā́ṇy avyáyā | sī́dan yónā vaneṣv ā́ ||
Translation
Flow, then, for Indra to drink; pass through the hairs of the unfading (wool), and sit down in the wombs—the wooden vessels—so the power of luminous mind may receive you.
Word by Word
सःhe (that Soma)
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अर्षflow! rush forth!
अर्ष:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ऋष् (गत्यर्थ/स्रवणार्थ; Vedic: ‘to flow, rush’)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पीतयेfor drinking (for the draught)
पीतये:
प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootपीति (प्रातिपदिक; from √पा ‘to drink’)
तिरःacross, through
तिरः:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतिरस् (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ)
रोमाणिhairs, fleeces (of the filter)
रोमाणि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अव्ययाwith the unfailing (stream/means)
अव्यया:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
सीदsit! settle!
सीद:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√सद् (उपवेशन/निवेशन)
अन्योनाःhaving another womb/seat (i.e., taking a new resting-place)
अन्योनाः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य-योनि (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
वनेषुin the woods (i.e., in the wooden vessels/strainers)
वनेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
आto, unto, hither
आ:
(क्रियायोगः/दिशा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
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