Rig Veda 9.63.15: Mandala 9, Sukta 63, Mantra 15
Sukta 9.63
Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with explicit offering to Indra Vajrin)
Chandas: Not derivable with certainty from provided excerpt alone
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सुता इन्द्राय वज्रिणे सोमासो दध्याशिरः । पवित्रमत्यक्षरन् ॥
Transliteration
sutā́ indrā́ya vajríṇe somā́so dádhyāśiraḥ | pavítram áty akṣaran ||
Translation
దధి-ఆశిర (పెరుగు-మిశ్రిత)గా పిండిన సోమరసాలు, వజ్రధారి ఇంద్రునికై, పవిత్రం (వడపోత)ను దాటి ప్రవహించాయి—మాలోని విజయశక్తి పోషింపబడునట్లు.
Word by Word
सुताःpressed (soma-drops)
सुताः:
कर्तृ (सोमाः—‘pressed/expressed’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (PPP used substantively)
Rootसु (धातु) → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रायfor/to Indra
इन्द्राय:
सम्प्रदान (to Indra)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वज्रिणेto the wielder of the thunderbolt
वज्रिणे:
सम्प्रदान (agreeing with इन्द्राय)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootवज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a vajra’)
सोमासःSoma (drops)
सोमासः:
कर्तृ (with सुताः; subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
दध्याशिरः(as) curd-mixed (soma), ‘with dadhyāśir’
दध्याशिरः:
कर्तृ (appositional to सोमासः)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootदधि + आशिर्/आशिस् (प्रातिपदिक; compound)
पवित्रम्the filter/strainer
पवित्रम्:
कर्म (object of अ-क्षरन् ‘flowed through’)
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अतिover, through
अति:
— (verbal modifier)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अक्षरन्they flowed (ran)
अक्षरन्:
क्रिया (of सोमासः/सुताः)
TypeVerb
Rootक्षर् (धातु) + अ (अग्म/लुङ् augment)
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