Rig Veda 9.25.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 25, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.25

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (addressed), with recipients Devās, Maruts, Vāyu

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवस्व दक्षसाधनो देवेभ्यः पीतये हरे । मरुद्भ्यो वायवे मदः ॥

Transliteration

pávasva dakṣasā́dhano devébhyáḥ pītáye hare | marúdbhyo vāyáve mádaḥ ||

Translation

हे सोम! दक्षसाधनः त्वं पवस्व; देवेभ्यः पीतये, हे हरे! मरुद्भ्यः वायवे च त्वं मदो भव।

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Word by Word

• पवस्व: purify yourself; flow forth (as Soma)
• पवस्व: — (predicate; addressed action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते) / √पु (शुद्धौ)

• दक्षसाधनः: accomplisher/producer of skill (power/efficacy)
• दक्षसाधनः: Kartā (of पवस्व; epithet of Soma)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound used adjectivally)
• Root: दक्ष- + साधन- (from √साध् ‘to accomplish’)

• देवेभ्यः: for the gods
• देवेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-

• पीतये: for drinking
• पीतये: Prayojana (purpose; dative of purpose)
• Type: Noun (action noun)
• Root: पीति- (from √पा ‘to drink’)

• हरे: O tawny one (Soma)
• हरे: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: हरि-

• मरुद्भ्यः: for the Maruts
• मरुद्भ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत्-

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• वायवे: O Vāyu
• वायवे: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: वायु-

• मदः: intoxicating exhilaration; rapture (draught)
• मदः: Kartā / Bhāva (subject: ‘the exhilaration/rapture’ i.e., Soma’s intoxicating draught)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद- (from √मद् ‘to be exhilarated/intoxicated’)