Rig Veda 9.62.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 62, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.62

Rishi: Traditionally attributed to a Soma-Pavamāna seer-family (often Kāśyapa/Āṅgirasa lineages in Book 9); exact r̥ṣi for 9.62 requires śākhā-anukramaṇī confirmation

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of ~8 syllables; typical for many Pavamāna verses)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एते असृग्रमिन्दवस्तिरः पवित्रमाशवः । विश्वान्यभि सौभगा ॥

Transliteration

eté ásṛgram índavas tiráḥ pavítram āśávaḥ | víśvāny abhí sáubhagā ||

Translation

ഈ വേഗമുള്ള ഇന്ദു (സോമ)ബിന്ദുക്കൾ വിടുതൽ പ്രാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; അവ പവിത്രക (പവിത്ര)ത്തിലൂടെ കടന്ന്, സർവ്വ സൗഭാഗ്യങ്ങളിലേക്കു—അസ്തിത്വത്തിന്റെ എല്ലാ മംഗളങ്ങളിലേക്കു—പ്രവഹിക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• असृग्रम्: they have flowed/streamed forth
• असृग्रम्: (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) → असृग्रम् (aorist form)

• इन्दवः: the Soma-drops
• इन्दवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (prātipadika)

• तिरः: across, over
• तिरः: Adhikaraṇa (दिशा/पर्याय-अधिकरण; ‘across/over’ as adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तिरस् (avyaya/prātipadika used adverbially)

• पवित्रम्: the filter/strainer
• पवित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (prātipadika)

• आशवः: swift (ones)
• आशवः: Kartā (इन्दवः का विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized) / Noun-like
• Root: आशु (prātipadika) → आशव (adj. ‘swift’)

• विश्वानि: all (things)
• विश्वानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (prātipadika)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: (क्रियाविशेषणम्; direction/intensity)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: अभि (upasarga/avyaya)

• सौभगाः: fortunate; bringing good fortune
• सौभगाः: Kartā (इन्दवः/आशवः का विशेषणम्; ‘bringers of good fortune’)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized) / Noun-like
• Root: सौभग (prātipadika; ‘good fortune, prosperity’) → सौभग (adj.)