Rig Veda 9.86.17 — Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 17

Sukta 9.86

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र वो धियो मन्द्रयुवो विपन्युवः पनस्युवः संवसनेष्वक्रमुः । सोमं मनीषा अभ्यनूषत स्तुभोऽभि धेनवः पयसेमशिश्रयुः ॥

Transliteration

prá vo dhíyo mandráyúvo vipanyúvaḥ panasyúvaḥ saṃvásaneṣv akramuḥ | sómaṃ manīṣā́ abhy ànūṣata stúbho ’bhí dhénavaḥ páyasā īm aśiśrayuḥ ||

Translation

Forward go your thoughts, delight-young, seeking the wonder and the joy; they step into the shared vestures (the ordered forms). The inspired understandings chant toward Soma; the hymns and the milch-cows press to him with their milk—nourishment of luminous force.

Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-

• वः: of you / for you
• वः: Sampradāna (recipient/for you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• धियः: thoughts, hymns, inspirations
• धियः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी- (f.)

• मन्द्रयुवः: with gladdening/pleasant impulse; joyfully impelled
• मन्द्रयुवः: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द्र-यु- (adj.)

• विपन्युवः: admiring, praising, wondrously reverent
• विपन्युवः: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-पन्यु- (adj.)

• पनस्युवः: desirous of praise/admiration; eager to laud
• पनस्युवः: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पनस्यु- (adj.)

• संवसनेषु: in the garments/vestures; in the coverings (i.e., in the filter/cloths)
• संवसनेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं-वसन- (n.)

• अक्रमुः: they strode/advanced, they came forth
• अक्रमुः: Kriyā (with Kartā = धियः etc.)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम्

• सोमम्: Soma
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम- (m.)

• मनीषा: with insight, by inspired thought
• मनीषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषा- (f.)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: abhi-

• अनूषत: they praised, they sang to
• अनूषत: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (Vedic: √वच्/√उष् in sense ‘praise’ is not primary; here anu-√वच् ‘to utter after, praise’ > anu-ūṣ/anu-ūṣati is Vedic; standard analysis takes √वच् with Vedic perfect/aorist forms)

• स्तुभः: praisers, singers
• स्तुभः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुभ् (kṛdanta: स्तुभ् > स्तुभ्/स्तुभ्- ‘praiser’)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: abhi-

• धेनवः: milch-cows (metaphor: streams of Soma/pressings)
• धेनवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु- (f.)

• पयसा: with milk; with nourishing fluid
• पयसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (n.)

• इमम्: this (one)
• इमम्: Karma (object of ‘आ-श्रि’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• अशिश्रयुः: they have leaned on/attached themselves to, they have resorted to
• अशिश्रयुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि