Rig Veda 9.86.16 — Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 16
Sukta 9.86
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Soma in the act of purification), with an explicit orientation toward Indra
Chandas: Jagatī (probable, based on verse length and cadence; requires metrical verification against a pada-counted text)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रो अयासीदिन्दुरिन्द्रस्य निष्कृतं सखा सख्युर्न प्र मिनाति संगिरम् । मर्य इव युवतिभिः समर्षति सोमः कलशे शतयाम्ना पथा ॥
Transliteration
pró ayāsīd índur índrasya niṣkṛtáṃ sakhā sakhyúr ná prá mināti saṃgíram | márya iva yuvatíbhiḥ sám arṣati sómaḥ kalaśé śatáyāmnā pathā ||
Translation
Forward has the drop (Indu) gone, to the place made ready for Indra; as a friend he does not break the compact of friendship. Like a young lover he rushes together with the maidens (the fostering waters), Soma streams into the bowl by the path of a hundred channels.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
अयासीत्went forth, advanced
अयासीत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (याति)
इन्दुःthe drop (Soma), Soma
इन्दुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (prātipadika)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
निष्कृतम्the prepared/appointed (place), the outlet/setting
निष्कृतम्:
Karma (gati/goal)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिष्कृत (prātipadika; kṛdanta from √कृ with nis-)
सखाfriend
सखा:
Kartā (apposition to इन्दुः)
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (prātipadika)
सख्युःof (his) friend
सख्युः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (prātipadika)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
मिनातिdamages, diminishes
मिनाति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमि (मिनाति)
संगिरम्(their) joint song/chant, chorus
संगिरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसंगिर्/संगिर (prātipadika)
मर्यःyoung man, suitor
मर्यः:
Kartā (of the simile-clause)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्य (prātipadika)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
युवतिभिःwith young women
युवतिभिः:
Karaṇa/Sahakārī
TypeNoun
Rootयुवति (prātipadika)
समर्षतिrushes together, surges, hastens
समर्षति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootऋष्/अर्ष् (अर्षति)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (prātipadika)
कलशेin the vessel, in the jar
कलशे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकलश (prātipadika)
शतयाम्नाby the hundred-tracked/with a hundred courses
शतयाम्ना:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootशत-यामन् (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound)
पथाby the path, along the way
पथा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपथ (prātipadika)
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