Rig Veda 9.50.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 50, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.50

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ पवस्व मदिन्तम पवित्रं धारया कवे । अर्कस्य योनिमासदम् ॥

Transliteration

ā́ pavasva madíntama pavítraṃ dhā́rayā kave | arkásya yónim ā-sádam ||

Translation

จงชำระตนแล้วมาเถิด โอผู้ทำให้มึนเมายิ่งนัก; โอฤๅษีผู้หยั่งรู้ (kavi) จงไหลเป็นสายผ่านเครื่องกรอง แล้วประทับในครรภ์แห่งบทสรรเสริญ—แหล่งกำเนิดนั้น

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• पवस्व: purify thyself; flow on
• पवस्व: Kartā (implicit: सोमः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु) ‘to purify’ (Vedic: पवते)

• मदिन्तम: most exhilarating
• मदिन्तम: Sambodhana (epithet of Soma) / Karma-like complement to address
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदिन् (प्रातिपदिक) < मद् (धातु/भाव) ‘to be exhilarated/intoxicated’

• पवित्रम्: the filter; strainer
• पवित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक) < पू ‘to purify’

• धारया: with a stream; in a current
• धारया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक) < धृ ‘to hold; to flow (stream)’

• कवे: O sage; O seer
• कवे: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्कस्य: of the hymn; of the song (arká)
• अर्कस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)

• योनिम्: womb; source; seat
• योनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आसदम्: approached; resorted-to
• आसदम्: Karma (as qualifier of the object ‘yoni’/or of the act of resorting)
• Type: Adjective (participial/nominal)
• Root: आसद् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) < आ-√सद् ‘to sit down; to approach’