Rig Veda 9.61.11: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 11

Sukta 9.61

Rishi: Traditionally attributed within the Pavamāna Soma corpus (RV 9) to Soma-pavamāna seers; specific ṛṣi for 9.61 is transmitted in Anukramaṇī traditions (commonly within the Kaśyapa/others pavamāna attributions), but not recoverable from the provided input alone.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma as divine consciousness-force)

Chandas: Jagatī (typical for many RV 9 stanzas; exact meter should be verified against pada syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एना विश्वान्यर्य आ द्युम्नानि मानुषाणाम् । सिषासन्तो वनामहे ॥

Transliteration

enā́ viśvā́ny aryá ā́ dyumnā́ni mā́nuṣāṇām | siṣā́santo vanāmahe ||

Translation

ഈ (ശുദ്ധീകരിക്കുന്ന സോമപ്രവാഹം) മുഖേന ആര്യശക്തി മനുഷ്യന്റെ എല്ലാ ദ്യുമ്നങ്ങളെയും—പ്രകാശശക്തികളെയും—സമീപത്തേക്ക് ആകർഷിക്കുന്നു; ഞങ്ങൾ ആഗ്രഹികളായി, ജയിക്കുവാൻ ശ്രമിച്ച്, അവയെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• एना: by this/with this (i.e., with this Soma/means)
• एना: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एना (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; instr. of एतद्/इदम्-type deictic) अथवा एना- (instr. sg.)

• विश्वानि: all (things), everything
• विश्वानि: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्यः: the Arya/noble one (often: the patron/worshipper)
• अर्यः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, unto; (as preverb) ‘forth/fully’
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• द्युम्नानि: splendours, glories, brilliant powers
• द्युम्नानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक) < dyu- ‘shine’

• मानुषाणाम्: of men, of human beings
• मानुषाणाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (genitival)
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक) < मनु

• सिषासन्तः: desiring to win/obtain; seeking
• सिषासन्तः: कर्ता
• Type: Verb (participial)
• Root: √सास्/शास् (desiderative base: सि-षा-स्)

• वनामहे: we win/obtain (for ourselves), we seek to gain
• वनामहे: कर्ता
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वन् (वन् ‘to win, gain’)