Rig Veda 9.110.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 110, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.110
- Rishi
- Pavam01na Soma hymn tradition
- Devata
- Soma Pavam01na
- Rasa
- Vira (heroism) and Shringara (love)
अनु हि त्वा सुतं सोम मदामसि महे समर्यराज्ये । वाजाँ अभि पवमान प्र गाहसे ॥
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Mengikuti engkau, wahai Soma yang diperah, kami memasuki ekstasi demi kemaharajaan dalam kerajaan-pertempuran. Wahai Pavamāna, engkau menerjah maju menuju kelimpahan-kelimpahan daya.
Word by Word
- अनु
- after, along, in accordanceIndeclinableअव्ययRoot अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
- हि
- indeed, forIndeclinableअव्ययRoot हि (निपात)
- त्वा
- you (acc.)Pronounद्वितीया, एकवचन (enclitic acc. sg.)Role KarmaRoot युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- सुतम्
- pressed, expressed (Soma)Adjective/Participleपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole KarmaRoot सु (धातु) → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, PPP)
- सोम
- O SomaNounपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनRoot सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
- मदामसि
- we rejoice / are exhilaratedVerbलट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपदRoot मद् (धातु)
- महे
- for the great (end) / for greatnessAdjective (used substantively) / Dative formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन (Vedic form)Role SampradānaRoot महि/मह् (प्रातिपदिक: महत् ‘great’)
- समर्यराज्ये
- in/for the battle-kingship, in heroic sovereigntyNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनRole AdhikaraṇaRoot समर्यराज्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक: समर्य + राज्य)
- वाजान्
- prizes, strengths, winningsNounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनRole KarmaRoot वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
- अभि
- towards, uponIndeclinableअव्ययRoot अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
- पवमान
- O Pavamāna (self-purifying Soma)Noun/Participle (epithet)पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनRoot पू (धातु ‘to purify’) → पवमान (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ-प्रातिपदिक)
- प्र
- forth, forwardIndeclinableअव्ययRoot प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
- गाहसे
- you plunge/enter, you press forwardVerbलट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदRoot गाह् (धातु ‘to plunge/enter’)
Sandhi Notes
- पदच्छेद: अनु | हि | त्वा | सुतम् | सोम | मदामसि | महे | समर्यराज्ये । वाजान् | अभि | पवमान | प्र | गाहसे ॥ 1) ‘त्वा सुतम्’ इत्यत्र संधिः न विशेषः (स्वर/प्रगृह्य-प्रभावेन पृथक् उच्चारण)
- 2) ‘समर्यराज्ये’ समासपद (समर्य + राज्य), सप्तमी एकवचन
- 3) ‘वाजाँ॑’ = ‘वाजान्’ (द्वितीया बहुवचन; वैदिक नासिक्य/अनुस्वार-लक्षण)
The meaning
Outer meaning
Following you, O pressed Soma, we become ecstatic for the great lordship in the battle-kingdom; O Pavamāna, you plunge forward toward the plenitudes of force.
Inner meaning
When Soma is pressed (made available through effort and sincerity), the seekers align themselves with its movement and enter madā—uplifted ecstasy that empowers the ‘battle-kingdom’: the inner field where illumination must rule over conflicting impulses. Pavamāna dives forward into vājāḥ—abundances of energy, capacity, and victorious power—drawing the consciousness with it.
Universal truth
True joy is not escapism; when refined and followed, it becomes ecstasy that grants mastery in life’s inner battle and leads toward greater capacities.
Themes
Soma ecstasy, Heroic kingship, Seeking vāja, Purification
The seer
- Rishi
- Pavamāna Soma hymn tradition (RV 9.110)
- Other hymns
- RV 9.110.1, RV 9.110.3, RV 9.110.4
Significance
The seer-vision frames yoga as a ‘battle-kingship’: ecstatic delight is harnessed to establish inner rule of the higher consciousness.
The deity
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Epithets
- Suta (pressed), Pavamāna (purifying, flowing)
- Related deities
- Indra, Agni, Maruts
Cosmic role
Gives the gods (and the seeker) victorious exhilaration and strength; leads toward vāja—abundant powers.
Inner power
Ecstatic force that organizes energies for inner sovereignty and decisive progress.
In ritual
Where it is used
Soma pressing/filtration chants
अनु॒ हि त्वा॑ सु॒तं सो॑म॒ मदा॑मसि म॒हे स॑मर्य॒राज्ये॑ । वाजाँ॑ अ॒भि प॑वमान॒ प्र गा॑हसे ॥
अनु॑ । हि । त्वा॒ । सु॒तम् । सो॒म॒ । मदा॑मसि । म॒हे । स॒म॒र्य॒ऽराज्ये॑ । वाजा॑न् । अ॒भि । प॒व॒मा॒न॒ । प्र । गा॒ह॒से॒ ॥
anu | hi | tvā | sutam | soma | madāmasi | mahe | samarya-rājye | vājān | abhi | pavamāna | pra | gāhase
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Exultant lift (‘madā’) with a plunging cadence at the end
Induces uplift and courage; helps shift from mental hesitation to committed forward movement.
- अनु (anu)
- Literal: following. Symbolic: consecrated alignment with the divine movement
- सुतम् (sutam)
- Literal: pressed (Soma). Symbolic: delight distilled through practice, aspiration, and offering
- मदामसि (madāmasi)
- Literal: we rejoice, become intoxicated. Symbolic: spiritual ecstasy that heightens power and clarity
- महे (mahe)
- Literal: for the great. Symbolic: for the vastness and higher sovereignty
- समर्यराज्ये (samarya-rājye)
- Literal: battle-kingship. Symbolic: inner sovereignty won through struggle against lower nature
- वाजान् (vājān)
- Literal: plenitudes, strengths. Symbolic: inflows of force, skill, and luminous effectiveness
- प्र गाहसे (pra gāhase)
- Literal: you plunge/enter forward. Symbolic: decisive penetration into higher ranges of power
Chanted during Soma pressing/purification; supports invocation of Soma for victory and strength (often Indra-related outcomes).
When Soma is freshly pressed and offered; to invoke exhilaration and strength
Chant while visualizing Soma’s flow; inwardly ‘follow’ its current into greater capacity
Before meditation or demanding action: invoke ‘battle-kingship’ as inner mastery rather than outer conflict.
suta from √su 'to press out, extract'. madāmasi from √mad (1pl) indicating shared uplift/rapture. rājya from √rāj 'to rule, shine' inner: sovereignty of the luminous being. samarya relates to samara 'battle' (inner: struggle with resistance). gāhase from √gāh 'to plunge, bathe, enter' Soma enters the field of v01ja (force-plenitude) as an advancing current of consciousness.
Mada as transformative ecstasy, Rājya as inner sovereignty of light, Samara as the yoga of conflict with ignorance
Right rule (rājya) is the establishment of ṛta in the human nature.
Truth expresses as effective sovereignty: the higher leads, the lower follows.
Ascent into larger powers through consecrated delight.
Integral yogic psychology: ecstasy as energy for transformation.
A current of refined joy that the practitioner follows into heightened power and inner mastery.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- Soma as the leader into victorious sovereignty: the community follows the pressed Soma into mada to attain battle-kingship and vāja. Inwardly, the purified delight-current initiates the seeker into an ecstasy that founds inner rule in the struggle against hostile formations.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √mad (madāmasi) connects to PIE *med- (mead/intoxication). √rāj relates to PIE *hǥreg+c- 'to rule' (cf. Latin rēx, Gaulish -rix, Sanskrit rājan). The compound samarya-rājya shows inherited IE capacity for dense compounding to encode mythic-psychic states.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rṣi positions the human collective as followers of Somas movement: by aligning with Somas purified flow, they receive mada and the capacity for rājya (sovereignty). The devatā is both offered to and imitated: Somas forward plunge becomes the model for the aspirants advance.
‘Follow the Soma’: track the subtlest feeling of joy/rightness and let attention ride it forward into spacious strength.
Maṇipūra (force) supported by Anāhata (joy)
Inhale up the central channel imagining Soma rising; exhale feeling it plunge forward into the brow-space as clear power
Exhilarated concentration; sovereign poise amid inner struggle
Do not chase excitement; refine it into steady madā—quiet ecstasy. Hold a single intention (rājya) and let Soma carry you into effective action.
Vedic accents to be preserved (udatta/anudatta/svarita); consult accented saṃhitā for exact pitch points.
Sustain clarity on ‘madāmasi’ (ecstasy) and drive the final ‘pra gāhase’ with a decisive fall.
: clear dental t, short a, : articulate compound without breaking rhythm: sa-mar-ya-rāj-ye, : nasalization at end (ān), : long ā, aspirated h
Uplifted, resonant, confident; avoid harshness—ecstasy with control
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