Rig Veda 9.109.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 109, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.109

Devata: Soma (Pavamāna)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवस्व सोम महान्त्समुद्रः पिता देवानां विश्वाभि धाम ॥

Transliteration

páv asva soma mahā́nt samudráḥ pitā́ devā́nāṃ víśvābhi dhā́ma ||

Translation

Purifica-te, ó Soma, como um vasto oceano; pai dos deuses, que abrange todas as suas moradas e potências — enche e sustenta todos os domínios em nós.

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Word by Word

• पवस्व: purify yourself / flow forth (as purified Soma)
• पवस्व: (predicate; addressed action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पुनाति/पवते) ‘to purify, to flow (as Soma)’

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम- (prātipadika; from √सु ‘to press’ > soma ‘pressed juice’)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Kartā (with implied ‘asi’/‘bhavasi’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्- (prātipadika) ‘great’

• समुद्रः: ocean
• समुद्रः: Kartā (predicative/appositional to Soma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र- (prātipadika) ‘ocean, sea; (Vedic) great mass/collection’

• पिता: father
• पिता: Kartā (predicative/appositional to Soma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ- (prātipadika) ‘father’

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessive relation with पिता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- (prātipadika) ‘god’

• विश्वाभि: towards/over all
• विश्वाभि: (adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable (compound adverbial) / particle
• Root: विश्व- (prātipadika) ‘all’ + अभि (upasarga/indeclinable) ‘towards, over, upon’

• धाम: abode / station / splendor
• धाम: Karma (object with implied verb such as ‘attains/overlooks/fills’ in Vedic predication)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन्- (prātipadika) ‘abode, seat; (Vedic) luminous station/power’