Rig Veda 9.1.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 1, Mantra 6

Sukta 9.1

Rishi: Madhucchandas (traditional)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna; with a mythic agency ‘Sūryasya duhitā’ (often read as a purifying power like the sieve/stream, or dawn-like radiance)

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पुनाति ते परिस्रुतं सोमं सूर्यस्य दुहिता । वारेण शश्वता तना ॥

Transliteration

punā́ti te pari-srútaṃ sómaṃ sū́ryasya duhitā́ | vā́reṇa śáśvatā tánā ||

Translation

Дочь Солнца очищает твой Сому, струящийся вокруг, — вечным водным ситом своего естества.

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Word by Word

• पुनाति: purifies
• पुनाति: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पूञ्) / पुनाति (present stem)

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (for you) / सम्बन्ध (of you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम

• परिस्रुतम्: flowed around; well-filtered
• परिस्रुतम्: कर्म (object-qualifier)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: परि-√स्रु (स्रु) + क्त (PPP) → परिस्रुत

• सोमम्: Soma (the pressed/ritual drink)
• सोमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुहिता: the daughter
• दुहिता: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वारेण: with water
• वारेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि/वार (प्रातिपदिक; ‘water’)

• शश्वता: everlasting; continual
• शश्वता: करण (adverbial-instrumental: ‘continually’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शश्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तना: by herself; in her own person
• तना: करण (adverbial: ‘by oneself, in one’s own person’)
• Type: Noun (adverbial use)
• Root: तनू/तन् (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic instr. ‘tana’ = ‘by/with the body, by oneself’)