Rig Veda 9.100.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 100, Mantra 6

Sukta 9.100

Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seer tradition (RV 9.100).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (offering addressed to Indra, Viṣṇu, all gods)

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh; verify by scansion.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवस्व वाजसातमः पवित्रे धारया सुतः । इन्द्राय सोम विष्णवे देवेभ्यो मधुमत्तमः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.100.6

Transliteration

páv asva vā́ja-sātamaḥ pavítre dhā́rayā sutáḥ | índrāya soma víṣṇave devébhyo mádhumattamaḥ ||

Translation

Mengalirlah, setelah disucikan, yang paling unggul dalam memenangi kelimpahan; diperah sebagai aliran ke dalam penapis. Untuk Indra, wahai Soma, untuk Viṣṇu, untuk para dewa—yang paling kaya madu, paling memabukkan dengan kenikmatan suci.

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Word by Word

• पवस्व: Purify yourself / flow forth (as filtered Soma).
• पवस्व: (predicate; addressed to Soma) — Kartā implied: ‘त्वम् (सोमः)’
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (pū) / √पव् (pav) ‘to purify, flow/strain’

• वाजसातमः: most victorious/best at winning prizes.
• वाजसातमः: Kartā (as epithet of the subject Soma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाज-सातम (prātipadika: वाज ‘prize/strength’ + सातम ‘most winning/bestowing’)

• पवित्रे: in/through the filter (strainer).
• पवित्रे: Adhikaraṇa (locus: ‘in/through the filter’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (prātipadika) ‘filter, strainer’

• धारया: with a stream / in a flowing current.
• धारया: Karaṇa (means: ‘by/with a stream’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (prātipadika) ‘stream, flow’

• सुतः: pressed (out), expressed.
• सुतः: Kartā (as epithet of the subject Soma)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: सु-त (PPP from √सु ‘to press out, extract’)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra.
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• सोम: O Soma.
• सोम: Sambodhana (direct address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• विष्णवे: for Viṣṇu.
• विष्णवे: Sampradāna (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (prātipadika)

• देवेभ्यः: for the gods.
• देवेभ्यः: Sampradāna (recipients)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika)

• मधुमत्तमः: most honeyed / sweetest (most rich in mead).
• मधुमत्तमः: Kartā (as epithet of the subject Soma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (prātipadika ‘honey-sweet, rich in mead’) + -तम (superlative)