Rig Veda 9.86.18 — Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 18

Sukta 9.86

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नः सोम संयतं पिप्युषीमिषमिन्दो पवस्व पवमानो अस्रिधम् । या नो दोहते त्रिरहन्नसश्चुषी क्षुमद्वाजवन्मधुमत्सुवीर्यम् ॥

Transliteration

ā́ naḥ soma saṃyátaṃ pipyúṣīm íṣam indo pavasva pavamāno asrídham | yā́ no dóhate trír áhan ásaścuṣī kṣúmad vājávan mádhumat suvī́ryam ||

Translation

Come to us, O Soma, with controlled abundance—an expanding impulsion of force. O Indu, purify yourself, O Pavamāna, without failure: she who milks for us thrice a day, unexhausted, yields a plenitude with strength, with the prize of force, with sweetness, with heroic power.

Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम- (prātipadika)

• संयतम्: well-held; well-controlled; gathered
• संयतम्: विशेषण (of the requested gift/food)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सम्-यम् (dhātu √यम् ‘to restrain/hold’) → संयत (ppp)

• पिप्युषीम्: swelling; abundant; full
• पिप्युषीम्: विशेषण (of इषम्)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: √प्यै/पि (Vedic: ‘to swell, be full, abound’) → पिप्युषी (perf. act. ptc. f.)

• इषम्: refreshment; nourishment; strength
• इषम्: कर्म (object of ‘bring/come with’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा- (prātipadika)

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma-drop)
• इन्दो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु- (prātipadika)

• पवस्व: purify yourself; flow purified
• पवस्व: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (pū ‘to purify’) → पवते

• पवमानः: purifying; being purified
• पवमानः: कर्तृ (agent, Soma)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √पू (pū) → पवमान (pres. mid. ptc.)

• अस्रिधम्: unfailing; unerring
• अस्रिधम्: कर्म/प्राप्य (that which is to be obtained/produced)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- + स्रिध् (prātipadika from √स्रिध् ‘to fail, be lax, be treacherous’) → अस्रिध

• या: which (she/that)
• या: कर्तृ (of दोहते)
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद्

• नः: to us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• दोहते: milks; yields
• दोहते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दुह् (to milk) → दोहते

• त्रिः: thrice
• त्रिः: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिस् (indeclinable numeral)

• अहन्: day
• अहन्: अधिकरण (time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्- (prātipadika)

• असश्चुषी: not lagging behind; not failing to accompany
• असश्चुषी: विशेषण (of या)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: अ- + √सच्/सञ्च् (Vedic ‘to follow, accompany, cling’) → सश्चुषी (ptc. f.)

• क्षुमत्: nourishing; rich in food
• क्षुमत्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षु- / क्षुम् (prātipadika ‘food, nourishment’)

• वाजवत्: prize-bearing; strength-giving
• वाजवत्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाज- (prātipadika ‘prize, strength’) + -वत्

• मधुमत्: sweet; honeyed
• मधुमत्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु- (prātipadika ‘honey, sweetness’) + -मत्

• सुवीर्यम्: good heroism; excellent manly power
• सुवीर्यम्: कर्म (thing yielded/obtained)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सु- + वीर्य- (prātipadika ‘manly power, heroism’)