Rig Veda 9.85.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 85, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.85

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (entering Indra)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

कनिक्रदत्कलशे गोभिरज्यसे व्यव्ययं समया वारमर्षसि । मर्मृज्यमानो अत्यो न सानसिरिन्द्रस्य सोम जठरे समक्षरः ॥

Transliteration

kánikradat kalaśé góbhir ajyase ví avyáyaṃ samayā́ vā́ram arṣasi | marmṛ́jyamāno átyo ná sānásir índrasya soma jaṭháre sám akṣaraḥ ||

Translation

Crying out in the cup, you are anointed with the Rays; you flow out through the imperishable strainer at the right moment. Being cleansed, like a swift steed for the winning, O Soma, you pour yourself together into the belly of Indra.

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Word by Word

• कनि॑क्रदत्: (he) kept roaring / roared repeatedly
• कनि॑क्रदत्: Kartā (with implied subject सोमः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कनि-क्रद् (√क्रद् ‘to cry/roar’, with intensive/reduplication)

• कलशे: in the vat / in the jar
• कलशे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश

• गोभिः: with the cows (i.e., with milk)
• गोभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो

• अज्यसे: you are anointed / you get smeared
• अज्यसे: Karma (reflexive/passive sense: ‘you are anointed’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अञ्ज् (अज्/अञ्ज्) ‘to anoint, smear’

• वि: apart, forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि

• अव्ययम्: unceasingly / without diminution
• अव्ययम्: Karma (adverbial qualifier of the action)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय

• समया: with/at the proper time; in due course
• समया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय

• वारम्: the enclosure/covering; (here) the strainer’s space / the ‘ward’
• वारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार

• अर्षसि: you flow / you rush
• अर्षसि: Kartā (addressed to सोम)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋष्/√अर्ष् ‘to flow, rush’

• मर्मृज्यमानः: being cleansed / being purified
• मर्मृज्यमानः: Kartā (of the following comparison/action; agreeing with सोमः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √मृज् ‘to wipe, cleanse’

• अत्यः: a steed
• अत्यः: Kartā (in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्य

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सानसिः: winning, victorious
• सानसिः: Kartā (in apposition to सोमः / or to ‘अत्यः’ in the simile)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: सानसि (from √सन् ‘to gain, win’; ‘winner, gaining’)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम

• जठरे: in the belly
• जठरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर

• सम्: together, fully
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• अक्षरः: he flowed / streamed
• अक्षरः: Kartā (subject: सोमः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षर् ‘to flow, trickle’