Rig Veda 9.109.7 — Mandala 9, Sukta 109, Mantra 7

Sukta 9.109

Devata: Soma (Pavamāna)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवस्व सोम द्युम्नी सुधारो महामवीनामनु पूर्व्यः ॥

Transliteration

pávasva soma dyumnī́ su-dhā́ro mahā́m avī́nām ánu pū́rvyaḥ ||

Translation

हे सोम, त्वं द्युम्नि-समृद्धः सुधारः पवस्व; महामवीनााम् अनु पूर्व्यः सन् स्वस्य प्राचीनमार्गेण आगच्छ।

Word by Word

• पवस्व: purify yourself / flow pure
• पवस्व: — (finite verb; subject implied ‘त्वम् सोमः’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (pū) / √पव् (pav) ‘to purify, become pure’ (Soma-verb)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम- (prātipadika)

• द्यु॒म्नी: in/with splendour
• द्यु॒म्नी: Adhikaraṇa (sphere/condition: ‘in splendour / with splendour’)
• Type: Noun (abstract/collective)
• Root: द्यु॒म्नि- (prātipadika; from द्युम्न ‘splendour, brilliance’)

• सु॑धारः: having good streams / well-flowing
• सु॑धारः: Kartā (agreeing with implied subject ‘सोमः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + धार- (prātipadika; ‘good’ + ‘stream/flow’)

• म॒हामवी॑नाम्: of the great mighty (ones)
• म॒हामवी॑नाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation: ‘of the great mighty ones’)
• Type: Adjective used substantively
• Root: महा- + मविन्- (prātipadika; ‘great’ + ‘mighty/impetuous/strong’)

• अनु: along, after, following
• अनु: — (upasarga/preposition modifying the verbal idea)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (indeclinable preverb/preposition)

• पू॒र्व्यः: the ancient/primeval (one)
• पू॒र्व्यः: Kartā (agreeing with Soma: ‘the primeval one’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व्य- (prātipadika; ‘former, ancient, primeval’)