Rig Veda 9.13.9: Mandala 9, Sukta 13, Mantra 9

Sukta 9.13

Rishi: Unspecified in provided input; requires Anukramaṇī mapping for RV 9.13.1.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma)

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-class line length; requires syllable count verification.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अपघ्नन्तो अराव्णः पवमानाः स्वर्दृशः । योनावृतस्य सीदत ॥

Transliteration

apaghṇánto arā́vṇaḥ pávamānāḥ svardṛ́śaḥ | yónāv ṛtásya sīdata ||

Translation

Purifying themselves, smiting the hostile and crooked powers, the Soma-currents that behold the Sun-world take their seat in the womb of Ṛta (the Truth-Order).

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Word by Word

• अपघ्नन्तः: striking away, dispelling
• अपघ्नन्तः: कर्तृ (of the implied action ‘they sit/settle/flow’)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: अप-घ्न (√हन् ‘to strike/kill’ with preverb अप) → kṛdanta अपघ्नन्त्

• अराव्णः: harmless, non-injuring
• अराव्णः: कर्तृ (apposition to पवमानाः) / विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अराव्ण (prātipadika; Vedic epithet, lit. ‘non-harming / not injuring’; used of Soma-pavamāna)

• पवमानाः: the purifying ones (Soma-streams), as they purify themselves
• पवमानाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective/Participle
• Root: √पू (pū ‘to purify’) → पवमान (present middle participle)

• स्वर्दृशः: heaven-seeing, seeing the light (of heaven)
• स्वर्दृशः: कर्तृ (apposition to पवमानाः) / विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर् (heaven/light) + √दृश् (to see) → स्वर्दृश् (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa-type epithet)

• योनौ: in the womb/seat, in the source (vat)
• योनौ: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (prātipadika)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation to योनौ) / अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (prātipadika)

• सीदत: let them sit/settle; may they take their seat
• सीदत: क्रिया (governing the subject: अपघ्नन्तः…पवमानाः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (to sit, settle, sink down)