Rig Veda 9.103.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 103, Mantra 3

Sukta 9.103

Rishi: Soma Pavamāna corpus; precise attribution requires Anukramaṇī confirmation.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī; verify by metrical count.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

परि कोशं मधुश्चुतमव्यये वारे अर्षति । अभि वाणीॠषीणां सप्त नूषत ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.103.3

Transliteration

pári kóśaṃ madhú-ścutam avyáye vā́re arṣati | abhí vā́ṇīr ŕ̥ṣīṇāṃ saptá nū́ṣata ||

Translation

Ia mengalir mengelilingi bejana yang menitis kemanisan, melalui bulu tapis yang tidak pernah gagal; dan tujuh suara para Ṛṣi berseru kepadanya lalu terjaga.

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Word by Word

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग) < PIE *peri

• कोशम्: vessel, container (sheath)
• कोशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुश्चुतम्: honey-dripping, sweet-flowing
• मधुश्चुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु-च्युत (कृदन्त/विशेषण); √च्युत्/√च्यु (च्यवते) ‘to drip, flow’

• अव्यये: in the imperishable (place/state)
• अव्यये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक) ‘imperishable’

• वारे: in the water
• वारे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि/वार (प्रातिपदिक) ‘water’ (Vedic loc. sg. वारे)

• अर्षति: flows, streams
• अर्षति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋष्/अर्ष् (अर्षति) ‘to flow, rush’

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वाणीः: voices, utterances
• वाणीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाणी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘voice, speech’

• ऋषीणाम्: of the seers
• ऋषीणाम्: — (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘seer’

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: —
• Type: Numeral
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)

• ऊषत: (they) uttered, sounded forth
• ऊषत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच्/√उष्? (Vedic: ऊषत् as injunctive/aorist of √वच् ‘to speak’ is not regular; here taken as Vedic aorist/injunctive of √वच् in sense ‘they uttered/they have sounded’)