Rig Veda 9.16.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 16, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.16

Rishi: Kāṇva (traditional attribution for many Soma Pavamāna hymns; specific verse-level attribution varies by recension)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Soma in the act of purification)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (common in RV 9 pavamāna sequences; exact metrical scan may vary by pada reading)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र पुनानस्य चेतसा सोमः पवित्रे अर्षति । क्रत्वा सधस्थमासदत् ॥

Transliteration

prá punānásya cétasā sómaḥ pavítre arṣati | krátvā sadhástham ā́ ásadat ||

Translation

Forward rushes Soma, purified by the awakened consciousness, flowing through the filter; by the power of will and right intention he comes and takes his seat in the common foundation (of the sacrifice and the being).

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Word by Word

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

• पुनानस्य: of the purifying (one)
• पुनानस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √पू (पूञ्) ‘to purify’ → पुनान (pres. mid. participle stem)

• चेतसा: with (his) mind/intent
• चेतसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (n.) ‘mind, intention’

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

• पवित्रे: in/through the filter
• पवित्रे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (n.) ‘filter, strainer’

• अर्षति: flows, streams
• अर्षति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋष्/अर्ष् (Vedic) ‘to flow, rush’

• क्रत्वा: by (his) resolve/ritual power
• क्रत्वा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (m.) ‘power of will, resolve, ritual skill’

• सधस्थम्: the seat/abode (common place)
• सधस्थम्: कर्म (goal as object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सधस्थ (n.) ‘common seat/abode, assembly-place’

• आसदत्: sat down upon / reached
• आसदत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद् ‘to sit down, approach, reach’