Mantra 6

Sukta 137

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सहस्रधारः पवते समुद्रो वाचमीङ्खयः । सोमः पती रयीणां सखेन्द्रस्य दिवेदिवे

IAST Transliteration

sahasrádhāraḥ pavate samudró vā́cam īṅkhayáḥ | sómaḥ pátī rayīṇā́ṃ sakhéndrasya divédive

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thousand-streamed he purifies, an ocean, setting Speech astir: Soma, the Lord of riches, Indra’s friend, from day to day.

Translation

सहस्र धारांनी (सोम) पवित्र होत वाहतो—वाणीला उद्वेलित करणारा समुद्र जसा. सोम, रयी (धन-समृद्धी)चा स्वामी, इंद्राचा सखा, दिवसेंदिवस (आम्हांवर) प्रसन्न राहो.

Word by Word

• सहस्रधारः: having a thousand streams
• सहस्रधारः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-धार (प्रातिपदिक; समासः बहुव्रीहिः)

• पवते: flows / purifies itself
• पवते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पूञ् पवने) / √पु (पुनाति) — ‘to purify, to flow (as Soma)’

• समुद्रः: the ocean; (met.) the great flood
• समुद्रः: Kartā (सम्बन्ध/अप्पोज़िशन to previous subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाचम्: speech
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईङ्खयः: stirring / impelling
• ईङ्खयः: Kartā (विशेषणम् to सोमः/समुद्रः)
• Type: Participle (agentive) / Adjective
• Root: √ईङ्ख्/ईख् (चलने/कम्पने ‘to shake, set in motion’) — कर्तरि वर्तमानकृदन्तः

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पतिः: lord
• पतिः: Kartā (सम्बन्ध/अप्पोज़िशन to सोमः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• रयीणाम्: of riches
• रयीणाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सखा: friend
• सखा: Kartā (सम्बन्ध/अप्पोज़िशन to सोमः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवे: for the day
• दिवे: Adhikaraṇa (temporal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवे: day by day
• दिवे: Adhikaraṇa (temporal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic Soma hymn tradition (as transmitted in AV 20).

Devata: Soma (with Indra as allied recipient/associate)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-type (RV style).

Mantra Rasa

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