Rig Veda 9.16.1 — Mandala 9, Sukta 16, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.16

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ते सोतार ओण्यो रसं मदाय घृष्वये । सर्गो न तक्त्येतशः ॥

Transliteration

prá te sotā́ra oṇyò ráso mádāya ghṛ́ṣvaye | sárgo ná takty ètaśaḥ ||

Translation

Forward for you, O Soma, the pressers send out the essence for ecstasy and for the shining ardour—like a released rush it speeds, like a swift steed in its drive.

Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga) प्रत्यय-रहित

• ते: to/for you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• सोतारः: the pressers (Soma-pressers)
• सोतारः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोताṛ (√सु ‘to press (Soma)’)

• ओण्यः: swift/ready (in pressing), Soma-skilled
• ओण्यः: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ओण्य (प्रातिपदिक; सोम-सम्बद्ध विशेषण)

• रसम्: juice, sap (Soma-juice)
• रसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदाय: for exhilaration, for intoxication
• मदाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक) / √मद् ‘to exhilarate’

• घृष्वये: (it) makes (him) eager/ardent; excites
• घृष्वये: Kriyā (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √घृष् (Vedic: ‘to be eager/ardent; to rub/shine’), here as desiderative/causative-like sense ‘to make (one) eager/ardent’

• सर्गः: a rush, a surge, a stream
• सर्गः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक; from √सृज् ‘to let go, send forth’)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (उपमा-निपात) / also ‘not’; here comparative

• तक्त्येतशः: like a swift (horse) of the carpenter/trimmed (swift horse)
• तक्त्येतशः: Kartā (as simile term)
• Type: Noun (compound) / Adjective
• Root: तक्त्य-एतश (समास: तक्त्य ‘carpenter/axe-hewn/trimmed’ + एतश ‘swift (horse)’)