Rig Veda 9.97.48: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 48

Sukta 9.97

Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seers (generic)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (compared to Savitṛ)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; confirm by scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू नस्त्वं रथिरो देव सोम परि स्रव चम्वोः पूयमानः । अप्सु स्वादिष्ठो मधुमाँ ऋतावा देवो न यः सविता सत्यमन्मा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.97.48

Transliteration

nū́ nás tvaṃ rathiró deva soma pári srava camvóḥ pūyámānaḥ | apsú svādiṣṭhó mádhumāṃ ṛtā́vā devó ná yáḥ savitā́ satyá-manmā ||

Translation

Now for us, O divine Soma, chariot-moving, flow all around into the bowls, purifying thyself. In the waters thou art most sweet, full of honeyed delight, a knower of the Right; like Savitṛ, a god of true intention, thou awakenest the truth-mind in us.

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Word by Word

• नू: now, indeed
• नू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नू (अव्यय)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (हित/सम्बन्ध) संदर्भे
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• रथिरः: charioteering, mounted on a chariot
• रथिरः: Kartā (त्वम्-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथि- (प्रातिपदिक) / रथिन्-

• देव: O god
• देव: —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: देव-

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सोम-

• परि: around, all about
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्रव: flow!
• स्रव: Kriyā (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्रु (स्रवति)

• चम्वोः: of/at the two bowls (pressing-vessels)
• चम्वोः: Adhikaraṇa (स्थान/परिसर) संदर्भे
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमू-

• पूयमानः: being purified
• पूयमानः: Kartā (सोमस्य विशेषणम्; ‘being purified’)
• Type: Participle (present passive) / Adjective
• Root: पू (पूयते) + शानच्

• अप्सु: in the waters
• अप्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्-

• स्वादिष्ठः: sweetest, most delicious
• स्वादिष्ठः: Kartā (सोमस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वादु- (superlative: स्वादिष्ठ-)

• मधुमान्: honeyed, full of sweetness
• मधुमान्: Kartā (सोमस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु- + मतुप् (मधुमत्)

• ऋतावा: possessing ṛta (truth/order), righteous
• ऋतावा: Kartā (सोमस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋतावन्-

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Kartā (यः…)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• सविता: Savitar (the impeller)
• सविता: Kartā (उपमान-सम्बन्धे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ-

• सत्यमन्मा: of true thought/true-minded
• सत्यमन्मा: Kartā (सविता-विशेषणम्; ततः सोमस्य स्तुत्यर्थे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य- + मन्मन्- (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय समास)