Rig Veda 9.61.17: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 17
Sukta 9.61
Rishi: Traditionally attributed within the Pavamāna Soma corpus (RV 9) to Soma-pavamāna seers.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Chandas: Jagatī (typical for many RV 9 stanzas; exact meter should be verified against pada syllable count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पवमानस्य ते रसो मदो राजन्नदुच्छुनः । वि वारमव्यमर्षति ॥
Transliteration
pavamā́nasya te ráso mádo rā́jann aducchunáḥ | ví vā́ram ávyam arṣati ||
Translation
ഹേ രാജാവേ, നിന്റെ പവമാന സോമത്തിന്റെ രസം—മദ (ആനന്ദോന്മാദം)—അച്യുതം, അദുച്ഛുനഃ (അവ്യഭിചാര്യം). അത് ഉണ്ണിന്റെ ചാലനി (അവ്യ) തുറന്ന് പൊളിച്ച്, വിശാലമായി ഒഴുകി അതിലൂടെ കടന്നുപോകുന്നു.
Word by Word
पवमानस्यof the purifying (Soma)
पवमानस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपवमान- (√पू ‘पवते’ > पवमान ‘purifying, flowing’)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (त्वद्)
रसोthe sap, juice
रसो:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootरस-
मदोthe exhilaration, intoxication
मदो:
कर्तृ (apposition to रसो)
TypeNoun
Rootमद-
राजन्O king
राजन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootराजन्-
अदुच्छुनःO un-inauspicious one / O of no ill-sound (auspicious)
अदुच्छुनः:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootअदुच्छुन- (a- + दुच्छुन- ‘ill-sounding/inauspicious’; Vedic epithet)
विapart, forth, widely
वि:
—
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootवि
वारम्the cover/obstacle; enclosure (lit. ‘screen’)
वारम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवार-
अव्यम्unwoven; not woven
अव्यम्:
कर्म (qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्य- (from a- + √वे/√वय ‘to weave’; ‘unwoven, not to be woven’)
अर्षतिflows, rushes
अर्षति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अर्ष् (अर्षति) ‘to flow, rush’
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