Rig Veda 9.86.22: Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 22
Sukta 9.86
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Chandas
- Jagatī
- Rasa
- Vira (heroism) and Adbhuta (wonder)
पवस्व सोम दिव्येषु धामसु सृजान इन्दो कलशे पवित्र आ । सीदन्निन्द्रस्य जठरे कनिक्रदन्नृभिर्यतः सूर्यमारोहयो दिवि ॥
pávasva soma divyéṣu dhā́masu sṛjāná indo kalaśé pavítra ā́ | sī́dann índrasya jaṭháre kánikradan nṛ́bhir yatáḥ sū́ryam ā́rohayo diví ||
Oczyść się, o Somo, w boskich siedzibach; uwolniony, o Indu, wejdź do misy, do sita. Zasiadając w brzuchu Indry, wołając głośno, wspierany przez ludzkie moce, wzniósłeś Słońce w niebie.
Word by Word
- पवस्व
- purify yourself / flow as purifiedVerbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदRole (क्रिया)Root √पू (पवते) / √पु (शोधन)
- सोम
- O SomaNounपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनRole सम्बोधनRoot सोम- (प्रातिपदिक)
- दिव्येषु
- in the heavenlyAdjectiveनपुंसकलिङ्ग (धामसु इति नपुं. बहु.), सप्तमी, बहुवचनRole अधिकारणRoot दिव्य- (दिव् ‘द्युत्’ इत्यस्मात्)
- धामसु
- abodes / stationsNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचनRole अधिकारणRoot धामन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
- सृजानः
- being poured forth / streamingVerb (participle)वर्तमान कृदन्त (शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद-भावRole कर्तृ (सोम/इन्दु-विशेषण)Root √सृज् (सृजति) + शानच्
- इन्दो
- O Indu (Soma-drop)Nounपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनRole सम्बोधनRoot इन्दु- (प्रातिपदिक)
- कलशे
- in the vessel / jarNounपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनRole अधिकारणRoot कलश- (प्रातिपदिक)
- पवित्रे
- in/through the filter (strainer)Nounनपुंसकलिङ्ग (पवित्रम्), सप्तमी, एकवचनRole अधिकारणRoot पवित्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
- आ
- towards; into; hitherIndeclinableउपसर्ग/निपातRoot आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
- सीदन्
- sitting down / settlingVerb (participle)वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole कर्तृ (सोम)Root √सद् (सीदति) / √सद् (आसने) + शतृ
- इन्द्रस्य
- of IndraNounपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचनRole सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)Root इन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
- जठरे
- in the bellyNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनRole अधिकारणRoot जठर- (प्रातिपदिक)
- कनिक्रदन्
- crying aloud / resoundingVerb (participle)वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निपूर्वकRole कर्तृ (सोम)Root √क्रन्द् (क्रन्दति) + नि + शतृ; (वेदिक रूप: कनिक्रदन्)
- ऋभिः
- with the ṚbhusNounपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनRole सह/करण (सहचर्य/साधनभाव)Root ऋभु- (प्रातिपदिक)
- यतः
- from where; whenceIndeclinableअव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)Role अपादान/हेतु-भाव (स्रोतः/कारण-सूचक)Root यतः (यद्-तस्)
- सूर्यम्
- the SunNounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole कर्मRoot सूर्य- (प्रातिपदिक)
- आरोहयः
- you cause to mount / you raiseVerbलट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (णिजन्त)Role (क्रिया)Root आ + √रुह् (रोहति) + णिच् (कारयति)
- दिवि
- in heaven / in the skyNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग (दिव्), सप्तमी, एकवचनRole अधिकारणRoot दिव्/द्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक)
Sandhi Notes
- पदच्छेद (सन्धि-निरसन): पवस्व | सोम | दिव्येषु | धामसु | सृजानः | इन्दो | कलशे | पवित्रे | आ | सीदन् | इन्द्रस्य | जठरे | कनिक्रदन् | ऋभिः | यतः | सूर्यम् | आरोहयः | दिवि । मुख्य सन्धयः: (1) पवित्र आ → पवित्रे आ (सप्तमी-एकवचन ‘पवित्रे’ + निपात ‘आ’)
- (2) सीदन् इन्द्रस्य → सीदन्निन्द्रस्य (न् + इ → न्नि)
- (3) कनिक्रदन् ऋभिः → कनिक्रदन्नृभिः (न् + ऋ → न्नृ)
- (4) यतः सूर्यं → यतः सूर्यं (विसर्ग/अनुस्वार-समायोजन; पाठे ‘सूर्यम्’)
- (5) आरोहयः दिवि → आरोहयो दिवि (ओ + द् संयोग; संहितापाठ-रूप)
- स्वर-चिह्न (उदात्त/स्वरित/अनुदात्त) देवनागरी पाठानुसार: पव॑स्व, दि॒व्येषु॒, धाम॑सु, सृजा॒न, क॒लशे॑, प॒वित्र॒, सीद॒न्, इन्द्र॑स्य, ज॒ठरे॒, कनि॑क्रद॒न्, ऋभि॑र्, य॒तः, सूर्य॒म्, आरो॑हयः, दि॒वि।
The meaning
Outer meaning
Soma is urged to purify in the divine abodes; released, Indu enters the bowl and strainer. Sitting in Indra’s belly, crying aloud, supported by human powers, he has raised the Sun in heaven.
Inner meaning
Soma’s purification is to ascend and operate in ‘divine abodes’—higher states of consciousness. Released from lower mixture (sṛjāna), the luminous essence enters the ‘strainer’ and ‘bowl’: the discriminating faculty and the receptive heart-mind that hold the purified delight. ‘Sitting in Indra’s belly’ means Soma becomes the very substance of illumined power—Indra’s force of victory is fed by purified Ananda. ‘Crying aloud’ is the triumphant vibration of realization. Supported by ‘human powers’ indicates embodied discipline cooperating with grace. The result: ‘raising the Sun in heaven’—establishing the supramental/light principle (Sūrya) in the higher mind, so illumination becomes stable and sovereign.
Universal truth
When delight is purified and placed in the right inner instruments, it nourishes illumination and lifts the Sun of truth into the heights of consciousness; disciplined human effort can cooperate with a higher joy to establish lasting clarity.
Themes
Soma-ritual, Purification instrument, Raising the Sun (illumination), Indra assimilation
The seer
- Other hymns
- RV 9.86.21 (dawns), RV 1.50 (Sūrya hymns), RV 10.43-10.45 (Indra raising light; thematic parallels)
Family tradition
Pavamāna Soma tradition; often culminates in imagery of raising light (Sūrya) through Soma-Indra synergy.
Significance
This verse is a climactic yogic statement: purified Ananda enters the instruments, empowers illumination, and establishes the Sun of truth in the higher consciousness.
The deity
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Epithets
- Indu, Pavamāna
- Related deities
- Indra, Sūrya
Cosmic role
Purifies through divine stations, enters vessels, strengthens Indra, and manifests Sūrya (truth-light) in heaven.
Inner power
Ananda as transformative fuel: it energizes illumined will and lifts consciousness to stable truth-vision.
In ritual
Where it is used
Soma purification and offering to Indra; Pavamāna recitation during Soma-yajña
पव॑स्व सोम दि॒व्येषु॒ धाम॑सु सृजा॒न इ॑न्दो क॒लशे॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ । सीद॒न्निन्द्र॑स्य ज॒ठरे॒ कनि॑क्रद॒न्नृभि॑र्य॒तः सूर्य॒मारो॑हयो दि॒वि ॥
पव॑स्व । सो॒म॒ । दि॒व्येषु॑ । धाम॑ऽसु । सृ॒जा॒नः । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । क॒लशे॑ । प॒वित्रे॑ । आ । सीद॑न् । इन्द्र॑स्य । ज॒ठरे॑ । कनि॑क्रदत् । नृऽभिः॑ । य॒तः । सूर्य॑म् । आ । अ॒रो॒ह॒यः॒ । दि॒वि ॥
pavasva | soma | divyeṣu | dhāma-su | sṛjānaḥ | indo iti | kalaśe | pavitre | ā | sīdan | indrasya | jaṭhare | kanikradat | nṛ-bhiḥ | yataḥ | sūryam | ā | arohayaḥ | divi
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4 × 12 syllables (probable)
Commanding imperatives (‘pavasva’) with a climactic lift toward ‘sūryam ārohayo divi’.
Energizes and elevates; felt as an upward surge culminating in a bright inner ‘sunrise’.
- दिव्येषु धामसु (divyeṣu dhāmasu)
- Literal: in divine abodes. Symbolic: Higher planes/states of consciousness
- सृजानः (sṛjānaḥ)
- Literal: being released/let loose. Symbolic: Freed from lower admixture; liberation of essence
- कलश (kalaśa)
- Literal: bowl. Symbolic: Receptive vessel of consciousness (heart-mind)
- पवित्र (pavitra)
- Literal: strainer/filter. Symbolic: Discriminating purification; inner sieve of truth
- इन्द्रस्य जठरे (indrasya jaṭhare)
- Literal: in Indra’s belly. Symbolic: Within the dynamo of illumined force; Soma as fuel of victorious mind
- कनिकradan (kanikradan)
- Literal: crying aloud, resounding. Symbolic: Triumphant mantra-vibration; joy’s victorious proclamation
- नृभिः (nṛbhiḥ)
- Literal: by human powers. Symbolic: Embodied faculties disciplined in sādhanā
- सूर्य (sūrya)
- Literal: Sun. Symbolic: Truth-light; supramental illumination established above
Explicit reference to pavitra and kalaśa: Soma filtration into the vessel; Indra’s assimilation; linked to the raising of light (Sūrya) as ritual and inner result
At moments of Soma release into vessels and offering sequences; especially Indra-related portions.
Chant as Soma enters the strainer/bowl; symbolic ‘raising of the Sun’ aligns with successful offering and auspicious outcome.
A mantra for clarity and uplift before study/decision-making: purify emotions, seat joy in the heart, then invoke stable truth-light in the mind.
dhāman ‘abode’ from √dhā ‘to place’—stable placements of consciousness. pavitra ‘strainer’ from √pū ‘purify’ + instrument suffix; both ritual tool and inner discriminative filter. jaṭhara ‘belly’ as assimilative chamber—psychologically the seat where force is digested into power. ā-rohayaḥ causative of √ruh ‘rise’—Soma as raiser of Sūrya (light) in the heaven of mind.
divine abodes (dhāman) as higher planes, purification through discernment (pavitra), assimilation (jaṭhara) and illumination (sūrya)
Purification in ‘divine abodes’ implies alignment with cosmic order rather than lower turbulence.
Raising Sūrya is establishing Satya in the higher mind—truth that governs perception.
Manifestation of the Sun: the emergence of light from purified essence; a classic Vedic ‘bringing out the hidden light’ motif.
Aurobindonian Vedic symbolism: Soma (Ananda) feeding Indra (illumined mind) to manifest Sūrya (truth-consciousness).
Sunrise implied
Strainer = discrimination; bowl = receptive heart-mind; Sun = truth-consciousness; heaven = higher mental plane; cry = victorious vibration of realization.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- Soma, entering the strainer and bowl, sits in Indra’s belly and raises the Sun in heaven. This is the archetype of the sacred drink generating illumination. Innerly, when delight is purified through discernment and assimilated by the Indra-force, it lifts the solar consciousness (clear truth-light) into the mental heaven.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- sūrya is Indo-Iranian solar terminology; div (diví) continues PIE *dyew-. √ruh ‘rise’ (ā-rohayaḥ) is IE (cf. Lat. rūs is not cognate; but the root ‘rise/grow’ appears across IE with varied reflexes). The inherited sky-sun lexicon supports a deep IE poetic formula: the drink/power ‘raises’ light.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi frames a technical inner process: purification (pavasva) in higher dhāman, passage through the pavitra (discernment), settling into the receptacle (kalaśa/jaṭhara). The human powers (nṛbhiḥ) cooperate as instruments; the devatā completes the ascent of light.
Visualize Soma as a bright stream purified through an inner filter, collecting in the heart; feel it empower illumined will and lift a clear ‘Sun’ above the brow.
Ājñā/Sahasrāra (Sun raised in heaven) with Anāhata (vessel of Soma)
3-part practice: (1) exhale-release ‘sṛjānaḥ’; (2) inhale-collect into heart ‘kalaśe’; (3) gentle breath retention 1–2 seconds on ‘sūryam’ to sense upward light (no strain).
Uplifted, victorious clarity; stable luminous mind.
Chant 12–27 times; then sit with attention above brow, imagining a steady sun-disc of clear light fed by sweetness in the heart; end by offering the day’s actions to that light.
Imperative ‘pavasva’ carries clear accent; maintain Vedic pitch contours (udatta peaks, svarita falls) as per Saṃhitā; exact svara requires accented recension text.
Let pāda 1 be steady and purificatory; increase energy on ‘sīdann… kanikradan’; culminate with a lifted, bright tone on ‘sūryam ārohayo divi’.
divyeṣu: ‘ye’ as palatal glide, not ‘ji’, dhāmasu: long ā, pavitra: v as soft labiodental; tr conjunct clean, jaṭhare: retroflex ṭ, ārohayo: long ā; ‘h’ clearly aspirated
Clear, ringing, upward-directed; finish with a bright sustained vowel on ‘divi’.
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