Rig Veda 9.91.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 91, Mantra 6

Sukta 9.91

Rishi: Rebha Kāśyapa (traditional; hymn-level)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; confirm metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एवा पुनानो अपः स्वर्गा अस्मभ्यं तोका तनयानि भूरि । शं नः क्षेत्रमुरु ज्योतींषि सोम ज्योङ्नः सूर्यं दृशये रिरीहि ॥

Transliteration

evā́ punānó apáḥ svàr gā́ asmábhyaṃ tokā́ tanayā́ni bhū́ri | śáṃ naḥ kṣétram urú jyótīṃṣi soma jyók naḥ sū́ryaṃ dṛśáye rirīhi ||

Translation

Thus, O Soma, purified, bring for us the Waters, the luminous Cows of the Sun-world, and abundant births of our being—children and continuations. Make wide our field in peace; widen the lights for us. For long, set the Sun before us to be seen—establish a lasting vision of the Truth-light.

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Word by Word

• एवा: thus, just so
• एवा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुनानः: purifying (himself), being purified
• पुनानः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participial adjective)
• Root: पू (पवते) / पुनान- (प्रातिपदिक from √पू ‘to purify’)

• अपः: the waters
• अपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक: अप्-)

• स्वर्गाः: heaven-going, leading to heaven
• स्वर्गाः: Kartā (apposition to implied agents/streams)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मभ्यम्: to us
• अस्मभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• तोकाः: offspring, children
• तोकाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• तनयानि: sons, progeny
• तनयानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूरि: much, abundant
• भूरि: —
• Type: Adjective/Indeclinable (quantifier)
• Root: भूरि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)

• शम्: well-being, auspiciously
• शम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय) / √शम् ‘to be calm/benefit’

• नः: of us, our
• नः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• क्षेत्रम्: field, domain
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उरु: wide, broad
• उरु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• ज्योतींषि: lights, splendors
• ज्योतींषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• ज्योक्: long (time), continually
• ज्योक्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्योक् (अव्यय)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सूर्यम्: the sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• दृशये: for seeing, for vision
• दृशये: Prayojana (purpose) / Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (inflectional dative) / purpose-form
• Root: दृश् (प्रातिपदिक: दृशि-/दृश्य-)

• रिरीहि: flow/hasten (toward), come swiftly
• रिरीहि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रि/√री (रीयते/रिणाति; Vedic: ‘to flow, run, hasten’)