Rig Veda 9.97.45: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 45

Sukta 9.97

Rishi: Soma Pavamāna tradition (ascribed in the Anukramaṇī to seers of the Pavamāna corpus; precise r̥ṣi for 9.97 varies by recension—treat as Pavamāna/‘Soma-seers’)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma)

Chandas: Jagatī (typical of many verses in RV 9.97; 4 pādas with ~12 syllables—verify by pada-count in a metrical parser for exact certainty)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सोमः सुतो धारयात्यो न हित्वा सिन्धुर्न निम्नमभि वाज्यक्षाः । आ योनिं वन्यमसदत्पुनानः समिन्दुर्गोभिरसरत्समद्भिः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.97.45

Transliteration

sómaḥ sutó dhāráyā́tyo ná hitvā́ síndhur ná nímnam abhí vājī́ ákṣāḥ | ā yónim ványam asadat punānáḥ sám índur góbhir asarat sám adbhiḥ ||

Translation

โสมะเมื่อถูกคั้นแล้วก็พรั่งพรูเป็นกระแส; ดุจม้าเร็วไม่ละทิ้งทางของตน, ดุจสายน้ำมุ่งสู่ที่ลึกต่ำ. ผู้ชำระตนแล้วเข้าประทับในครรภ์เดิมของตน (แหล่งกำเนิด); หยดนั้นไหลรวมพร้อมกับ “โค” (รัศมีแห่งแสง) และพร้อมกับสายน้ำทั้งหลาย.

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Word by Word

• सोमः: Soma (the pressed juice)
• सोमः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) < √सु (to press/produce Soma)

• सुतः: pressed, expressed
• सुतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √सु (सुनोति) + क्त (PPP)

• धारयात्यः: streaming, moving in a flow
• धारयात्यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धारया (स्त्री. ‘धारा’/‘धार’ से) + त्य (तद्धित, ‘-त्य’ = ‘going/connected with’)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हित्वा: having left, abandoning
• हित्वा: —
• Type: Gerund
• Root: √हा (जहाति) + त्वा (क्त्वा)

• सिन्धुः: the river, the Sindhu
• सिन्धुः: कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• निम्नम्: the low place, depth, downward slope
• निम्नम्: कर्म (गत्यर्थे लक्ष्य-देशः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निम्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, into
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अभि

• वाज्याक्षाः: having swift axles; swift-moving (like a chariot)
• वाज्याक्षाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: वाज्याक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; वाज्य ‘swift/bringing prize’ + अक्ष ‘axle’)

• आ: to, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ

• योनिम्: womb, source, resting-place
• योनिम्: कर्म (गत्यर्थे लक्ष्यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वन्यम्: wooden; of the forest (i.e., the wooden vat/filter)
• वन्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• असदत्: sat down; came to rest
• असदत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीदति) [आ- उपसर्गार्थे सन्दर्भः]

• पुनानः: purifying himself; being purified
• पुनानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle
• Root: √पू (पुनाति) + शानच् (pres. mid. participle)

• सम्: together, with
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: सम्

• इन्दुः: Indu (Soma drop)
• इन्दुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोभिः: with cows (i.e., with milk / with cattle as wealth)
• गोभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• Root: √सृ (सरति) [अ- augment; ‘असरत्’ = aorist]