Rig Veda 9.81.3 — Mandala 9, Sukta 81, Mantra 3
Sukta 9.81
Rishi: Not securely inferable from the excerpt alone.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (addressed as Soma/Indu).
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (requires verification).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ नः सोम पवमानः किरा वस्विन्दो भव मघवा राधसो महः । शिक्षा वयोधो वसवे सु चेतुना मा नो गयमारे अस्मत्परा सिचः ॥
Transliteration
ā́ naḥ soma pavamānaḥ kirā́ vásv índo bháva maghávā rā́dhaso maháḥ | śíkṣā vayodhó vásave sú cetúnā mā́ no gáyam ā́re asmát pará̄ sicaḥ ||
Translation
ഹേ പവമാന സോമ, ഞങ്ങളിലേക്കു വന്നു അസ്തിത്വത്തിന്റെ ധനം ചിതറിക്കൊടുക്കുക; ഹേ ഇന്ദു, ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് മഹത്തായ സമൃദ്ധിദാതാവാകുക. ശുദ്ധചേതനയോടെ ജീവനും ബലവും വർധിപ്പിക്കുന്നതു ഞങ്ങളെ പഠിപ്പിക്ക; ഞങ്ങളുടെ നേട്ടം ഞങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് ദൂരെയായി ഒഴുക്കിക്കളയരുത്.
Word by Word
आhither; towards (us)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
नःfor us; our
नः:
Sampradāna (recipient/beneficiary marker in sense) / Possessor
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सोमO Soma
सोम:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (prātipadika)
पवमानःpurifying; self-purifying (as it flows)
पवमानः:
Kartā (agent, as epithet of Soma)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√पू (pū ‘to purify’) → पवमान- (present participle Ātmanepada)
किरpour forth; scatter
किर:
Kriyā (verbal action); Soma as Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√कॄ/किर् (kir ‘to scatter, pour, strew’)
वसुwealth; good things
वसु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवसु-
इन्दोO Indu (Soma-drop)
इन्दो:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु-
भवbecome; be
भव:
Kriyā (injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (bhū ‘to be, become’)
मघवाbountiful; generous
मघवा:
Kartā (as predicate of Soma) / Sambandha
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमघवन्-
राधसःof bounty; of gift/wealth
राधसः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootराधस्-
महःof greatness; of great might
महः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमहत् / मह- (as neuter ‘greatness, might’)
शिक्षgrant; make (us) able; instruct
शिक्ष:
Kriyā (injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√शिक्ष् (śikṣ ‘to train, instruct; to make able; to bestow skillfully’)
वयोधःvital strength; life-sustaining power
वयोधः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवयो-धस्- (compound: वयस् ‘vital strength/age’ + धस् ‘placing/putting; bestowal’)
वसवेfor wealth; for the beneficent (end)
वसवे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootवसु-
सुwell; excellently
सु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (prefix/particle)
चेतुनाwith insight; with wise intent
चेतुना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootचेतु- (from √चित् ‘to perceive, notice, intend’)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (prohibitive particle)
नःus
नः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
गयमारेin ruin; in loss/destruction
गयमारे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगय-मार- (compound; ‘loss/destruction of life/wealth’, lit. ‘going-to-loss/death’)
अस्मत्from us
अस्मत्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
पराaway
परा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (upasarga/avyaya)
सिचःpour; sprinkle
सिचः:
Kriyā (injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√सिच् (sic ‘to pour, sprinkle’)
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