Rig Veda 9.106.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 106, Mantra 5
Sukta 9.106
Devata: Soma (Pavamāna) for Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्राय वृषणं मदं पवस्व विश्वदर्शतः । सहस्रयामा पथिकृद्विचक्षणः ॥
Transliteration
índrāya vṛ́ṣaṇaṃ mádaṃ pavasva viśvádarśataḥ | sahásrayāmā pathikṛ́d vicákṣaṇaḥ ||
Translation
Untuk Indra, sucikanlah dirimu menjadi keghairahan seperti lembu jantan, wahai yang serba-indah. Engkau yang bergerak pada seribu jalan, pembuat jalan, tajam penglihatan—jadilah nikmat yang jernih yang membuka laluan perjalanan batin.
Word by Word
इन्द्रायto/for Indra
इन्द्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषणम्the bull/virile one (i.e., Soma)
वृषणम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
मदम्intoxicating exhilaration/rapture
मदम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
पवस्वpurify yourself; flow (as purified Soma)
पवस्व:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपू (पवते) / √पू (धातु; ‘to purify, to flow as purified’)
विश्वदर्शतःvisible to all; universally seen
विश्वदर्शतः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व-दर्शत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘seen by all/visible to all’)
सहस्रयामाhaving a thousand tracks/courses
सहस्रयामा:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-यामन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a thousand courses/paths/ways’)
पथिकृत्path-maker; maker of a path
पथिकृत्:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (agent-noun)
Rootपथि-कृत् (कृदन्त; √कृ ‘to make’ with पथि-)
विचक्षणःdiscerning; clear-sighted
विचक्षणः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-चक्षण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘discerning, clear-sighted’)
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