Rig Veda 9.67.32: Mandala 9, Sukta 67, Mantra 32
Sukta 9.67
Rishi: Requires Anukramaṇī confirmation for RV 9.67.32.
Devata: Metahymnic; Sarasvatī as bestower of inspired nourishment, linked to Pavamānī recitation.
Chandas: Likely Jagatī; confirm by scan.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पावमानीर्यो अध्येत्यृषिभिः सम्भृतं रसम् । तस्मै सरस्वती दुहे क्षीरं सर्पिर्मधूदकम् ॥
Transliteration
pāvamānī́r yó adhyéti ṛ́ṣibhiḥ sámbhṛtaṃ rásam | tásmai sárasvatī duhē kṣīráṃ sárpir mádhūdakám ||
Translation
यः पावमानीर्यः ऋषिभिः सम्भृतं रसं अधीते, तस्मै सरस्वती क्षीरं सर्पिर्मधूदकं च दुहे—प्रसन्नचेतनापोषकानि।
Word by Word
पावमानीःthe purifying (Soma-)chants / purifying (streams)
पावमानीः:
Kartā (subject of अध्येति)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपावमान- (√पू ‘to purify’ > पावमान ‘being purified’, Soma-epithet)
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā (subject of implied clause; correlates with ‘he who’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (relative pronoun)
अध्येतिrecites / studies
अध्येति:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√इ (अधि+इ) ‘to go over, study, recite’
ऋषिभिःby/with the seers
ऋषिभिः:
Karaṇa (agent-instrument/association: ‘with/by the seers’)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि-
सम्भृतम्collected, gathered
सम्भृतम्:
Karma (object qualifying रसाम्/रसः understood as neut. acc.)
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Rootसम्+√भृ ‘to bring together, collect’ > सम्भृत (PPP)
रसम्sap, juice (Soma-essence)
रसम्:
Karma (object of अध्येति: ‘(the) rasa’)
TypeNoun
Rootरस-
तस्मैto him
तस्मै:
Sampradāna (recipient)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (demonstrative pronoun)
सरस्वतीSarasvatī
सरस्वती:
Kartā (subject of दुहे)
TypeNoun (proper/deity)
Rootसरस्वती-
दुहेmilks, yields
दुहे:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√दुह् ‘to milk’
क्षीरम्milk
क्षीरम्:
Karma (what is milked/yielded)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीर-
सर्पिःghee
सर्पिः:
Karma (what is yielded)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्पिस्-
मधूदकम्honey-water / sweet water
मधूदकम्:
Karma (what is yielded)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootमधु- + उदक- (compound)
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