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Rig Veda 9.67.9: Mandala 9, Sukta 67, Mantra 9

Sukta 9.67

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

हिन्वन्ति सूरमुस्रयः पवमानं मधुश्चुतम् । अभि गिरा समस्वरन् ॥

hinvánti sū́ram usrayaḥ pávamānaṃ madhú-ścutam | abhí girā́ sám asvaran ||

പ്രകാശമുള്ളവർ മധു ചൊരിയുന്ന പവമാന സോമനായ വീരനെ പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുന്നു; ഗീരങ്ങൾ അവനിലേക്കു ഒരേ സ്വരത്തിൽ ഒന്നിക്കുന്നു.

हिन्वन्तिthey impel / set in motion
हिन्वन्ति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहिव्/हिन्व् (धातु; √hi/√hinv ‘प्रेरणे, चलने’)
सूरम्the hero/strong one (Soma)
सूरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसूर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘सूर/सूर्य-समः, वीरः; here Soma as ‘hero/strong one’)
उस्रयःthe bright ones / the milk-givers (cows; figuratively the pressing streams)
उस्रयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootउस्रय (प्रातिपदिक; from उस्र ‘dawn/cow, ruddy’; ‘belonging to the dawn/cows’, i.e., milk-bearing/bright ones)
पवमानम्the purifying (Soma)
पवमानम्:
कर्म (सूरम् का विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective (used substantively for Soma)
Rootपवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘पवने/शोधने’ + शानच्; ‘being purified, self-purifying’)
मधुश्चुतम्honey-dripping / sweet-flowing
मधुश्चुतम्:
कर्म (पवमानम्/सूरम् का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमधु-च्युत (कृदन्त; मधु ‘sweet, honey’ + √च्युत/√च्यु ‘स्रवणे’ ‘dripping’)
अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
(दिशा/प्रवृत्ति सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
गिराwith a song / by praise
गिरा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘वाणी, स्तुति’
समस्वरन्they sounded together / chanted in unison
समस्वरन्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + √स्वर् (धातु; ‘स्वरे/ध्वनौ’), लुङ्-आगमयुक्त रूप (वैदिक) ‘they sounded together’

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