Rig Veda 9.87.8 - Mandala 9, Sukta 87, Mantra 8

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Rig Veda 9.87.8: Mandala 9, Sukta 87, Mantra 8

Sukta 9.87

Rishi: Unspecified here; hymn-level Anukramaṇī needed.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with explicit address to Indra)

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (common in RV; requires verification).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एषा ययौ परमादन्तरद्रेः कूचित्सतीरूर्वे गा विवेद । दिवो न विद्युत्स्तनयन्त्यभ्रैः सोमस्य ते पवत इन्द्र धारा ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.87.8

Transliteration

eṣā yayau paramād antar adreḥ | kūcit satīr ūrve gā viveda | divo na vidyút stanáyanty abhráiḥ | somasya te pavata indra dhārā ||

Translation

ही सोम-धारा परमस्थानाहून येऊन अद्रि (दगड) यांच्या अंतःहृदयात शिरली; शोधक बनून तिने विस्तीर्ण गुहेत गायी (प्रकाश-किरणे) शोधून काढल्या. जशी दिव्य विद्युत् मेघांमध्ये गर्जते, तशीच, हे इंद्रा, तुझी सोम-धारा शुद्ध होत वाहते.

Word by Word

एषाthis (she/this stream)

ययौwent, has gone

परमात्from the highest (place/state)

अन्तरद्रेःof the inner rock / within the stone (pressing-stone, mountain)

कूचित्somewhere, in some manner (at some point)

सतीःbeing, existing; true (fem. pl.)

ऊर्वेin the wide expanse / in the broad (space)

गाःcows (rays/streams metaphorically)

विवेदfound, discovered

दिवःof heaven, of the sky

नlike, as

विद्युत्lightning

स्तनयन्तिthunder, resound

अभ्रैःwith clouds

सोमस्यof Soma

तेto you / for you

पवतेpurifies itself, flows clear

इन्द्रO Indra

धाराःstreams, flows

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