Rig Veda 9.30.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 30, Mantra 6
Sukta 9.30
Devata: Soma for Indra (Indra as principal recipient)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सुनोता मधुमत्तमं सोममिन्द्राय वज्रिणे । चारुं शर्धाय मत्सरम् ॥
Transliteration
sunótā mádhumattamaṃ sómam índrāya vájriṇe | cā́ruṃ śárdhāya matsarám ||
Translation
सुनोता—पिळून काढा—वज्रधारी इन्द्रासाठी मधुमत्तम सोम; शर्धा (गण/समवेत शक्ती)साठी चारु मत्सरम्—रम्य परमानंद-उन्मादरस, जो उत्कर्षित होतो.
Word by Word
सुनोतPress/extract (ye)
सुनोत:
(predicate verb; governs कर्म ‘सोमम्’)
TypeVerb
Root√सु (सुवति/सुनोति ‘to press, extract (Soma)’)
मधुमत्तमम्the most honeyed/sweetest
मधुमत्तमम्:
कर्म (qualifier of the object)
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुमत् (adj. ‘honeyed, sweet’) + -तम (superlative)
सोमम्Soma (juice)
सोमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (prātipadika)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
वज्रिणेfor the vajra-wielder
वज्रिणे:
सम्प्रदान (same recipient as ‘इन्द्राय’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootवज्रिन् (adj./noun ‘wielder of the vajra’)
चारुम्lovely, pleasing
चारुम्:
कर्म (qualifier of the object)
TypeAdjective
Rootचारु (adj. ‘pleasant, lovely’)
शर्धायfor the host/band
शर्धाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootशर्ध (n. ‘troop, host, band’)
मत्सरम्intoxicating exhilaration
मत्सरम्:
कर्म (as a further object/appositive to ‘सोमम्’ or as what is produced/offered)
TypeNoun
Rootमत्सर (m. ‘intoxication; exhilaration; (Soma-)rapture’)
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.
