Rig Veda 9.86.16: Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 16

Sukta 9.86

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Soma in the act of purification), with an explicit orientation toward Indra

Chandas: Jagatī (probable, based on verse length and cadence; requires metrical verification against a pada-counted text)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रो अयासीदिन्दुरिन्द्रस्य निष्कृतं सखा सख्युर्न प्र मिनाति संगिरम् । मर्य इव युवतिभिः समर्षति सोमः कलशे शतयाम्ना पथा ॥

Transliteration

pró ayāsīd índur índrasya niṣkṛtáṃ sakhā sakhyúr ná prá mināti saṃgíram | márya iva yuvatíbhiḥ sám arṣati sómaḥ kalaśé śatáyāmnā pathā ||

Translation

อินทุ (Indu) ได้เคลื่อนไปข้างหน้า สู่ที่ซึ่งจัดเตรียมไว้เพื่ออินทรา (Indra); ในฐานะสหาย เขามิได้ทำลายสัญญาแห่งมิตรภาพ. ดุจชายหนุ่มผู้เป็นที่รักพุ่งเข้าหาหญิงสาวทั้งหลาย—สายน้ำผู้หล่อเลี้ยง—โสมะ (Soma) ไหลหลั่งสู่กะลศะ (kalasha) ตามทางแห่งร้อยสายธาร.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र

• अयासीत्: went forth, advanced
• अयासीत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (याति)

• इन्दुः: the drop (Soma), Soma
• इन्दुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (prātipadika)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• निष्कृतम्: the prepared/appointed (place), the outlet/setting
• निष्कृतम्: Karma (gati/goal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्कृत (prātipadika; kṛdanta from √कृ with nis-)

• सखा: friend
• सखा: Kartā (apposition to इन्दुः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (prātipadika)

• सख्युः: of (his) friend
• सख्युः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (prātipadika)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र

• मिनाति: damages, diminishes
• मिनाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मि (मिनाति)

• संगिरम्: (their) joint song/chant, chorus
• संगिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगिर्/संगिर (prātipadika)

• मर्यः: young man, suitor
• मर्यः: Kartā (of the simile-clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्य (prātipadika)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• युवतिभिः: with young women
• युवतिभिः: Karaṇa/Sahakārī
• Type: Noun
• Root: युवति (prātipadika)

• समर्षति: rushes together, surges, hastens
• समर्षति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋष्/अर्ष् (अर्षति)

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• कलशे: in the vessel, in the jar
• कलशे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश (prātipadika)

• शतयाम्ना: by the hundred-tracked/with a hundred courses
• शतयाम्ना: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-यामन् (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound)

• पथा: by the path, along the way
• पथा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ (prātipadika)