Rig Veda 9.64.27: Mandala 9, Sukta 64, Mantra 27
Sukta 9.64
पुनान इन्दवेषां पुरुहूत जनानाम् । प्रियः समुद्रमा विश ॥
punāná índaveṣāṃ purúhūta jánānām | priyáḥ samudrám ā́ viśa ||
Oczyszczając się, o Indu, umiłowany przez te ludy, które wzywają cię wielokrotnie, wejdź w oceaniczną pełnię: zanurz się w wielkim morzu świadomości, gdzie wszystkie strumienie rozkoszy się jednoczą.
Soma’s flow into the collecting vessel; inner correlate: entry of delight into the vast unified consciousness.
samudra as symbol of undivided plenitude (bṛhat), integration of many parts (janānām) into unity, purification enabling entry into vastness
Entering the samudra signifies returning movements to their right place in the whole.
Truth is not only correct statement but vastness that can hold all without distortion.
Waters as original fullness; Soma re-enters the primal ocean to renew manifestation.
Proto-Vedāntic wideness (bṛhat) and later ‘ocean of bliss’ motifs.
Waters/ocean = vast consciousness; the stream = refined delight-current entering the infinite field of awareness.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The ‘river-to-ocean’ mythologem: Soma, purified, enters the samudra—an image for merging the clarified delight into the vast totality, where the many calls/parts become one fulfilled presence.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √viś ‘enter’ is often compared with PIE *weik̑- ‘settle/enter’ (cf. Latin vīcus ‘settlement’ via related developments; comparisons are cautious). puru ‘many’ relates to PIE *pl̥h₁u-/*pelh₁u- ‘many’ (broad IE quantifier family; exact mapping debated).
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi seeks not a momentary ecstasy but stable vastness: Soma is asked to enter the ‘ocean’ of the being, so the many invoked energies and divided movements can be gathered into a single, beloved plenitude.
Widening into ‘oceanic consciousness’: feel the heart-breath as a stream entering an inner sea.
anāhata (heart)
4-6 breathing (inhale 4, exhale 6) while feeling expansion on exhale into a vast field.
Spacious, unified, non-fragmented awareness.
When parts of the nature pull in different directions, offer them inwardly as ‘janāḥ’; call Soma repeatedly, then rest in the ‘samudra’—the felt sense of boundless presence.
Mixed udātta/anudātta/svarita; precise accents require a svara-marked recension.
Let ‘samudram ā viśa’ be slightly lengthened in flow to mirror ‘entering the ocean’ without breaking meter.
punānaḥ: long ‘ā’, puruhūta: clear ‘hū’ long ‘ū’, janānām: long ‘ā’ in nā, samudram: dental ‘d’, rolled ‘r’ light, ā viśa: long ‘ā’; ‘ś’ palatal, not ‘s’
Soft, wide, unforced; sustain vowels like waves.
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