Rig Veda 9.100.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 100, Mantra 6
Sukta 9.100
Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seer tradition (RV 9.100).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (offering addressed to Indra, Viṣṇu, all gods)
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh; verify by scansion.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पवस्व वाजसातमः पवित्रे धारया सुतः । इन्द्राय सोम विष्णवे देवेभ्यो मधुमत्तमः ॥
Transliteration
páv asva vā́ja-sātamaḥ pavítre dhā́rayā sutáḥ | índrāya soma víṣṇave devébhyo mádhumattamaḥ ||
Translation
पवस्व हे सोम वाजसातमः; पवित्रे धारया सुतः शुद्धोऽभि प्रवाह। इन्द्राय विष्णवे देवेभ्यश्च—मधुमत्तमः, आनन्दरसमयः, प्रवह।
Word by Word
पवस्वPurify yourself / flow forth (as filtered Soma).
पवस्व:
(predicate; addressed to Soma) — Kartā implied: ‘त्वम् (सोमः)’
TypeVerb
Root√पू (pū) / √पव् (pav) ‘to purify, flow/strain’
वाजसातमःmost victorious/best at winning prizes.
वाजसातमः:
Kartā (as epithet of the subject Soma)
TypeAdjective
Rootवाज-सातम (prātipadika: वाज ‘prize/strength’ + सातम ‘most winning/bestowing’)
पवित्रेin/through the filter (strainer).
पवित्रे:
Adhikaraṇa (locus: ‘in/through the filter’)
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र (prātipadika) ‘filter, strainer’
धारयाwith a stream / in a flowing current.
धारया:
Karaṇa (means: ‘by/with a stream’)
TypeNoun
Rootधारा (prātipadika) ‘stream, flow’
सुतःpressed (out), expressed.
सुतः:
Kartā (as epithet of the subject Soma)
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootसु-त (PPP from √सु ‘to press out, extract’)
इन्द्रायfor Indra.
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna (recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
सोमO Soma.
सोम:
Sambodhana (direct address)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (prātipadika)
विष्णवेfor Viṣṇu.
विष्णवे:
Sampradāna (recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (prātipadika)
देवेभ्यःfor the gods.
देवेभ्यः:
Sampradāna (recipients)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (prātipadika)
मधुमत्तमःmost honeyed / sweetest (most rich in mead).
मधुमत्तमः:
Kartā (as epithet of the subject Soma)
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुमत् (prātipadika ‘honey-sweet, rich in mead’) + -तम (superlative)
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