Rig Veda 9.16.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 16, Mantra 7

Sukta 9.16

Rishi: Kāṇva (general)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

दिवो न सानु पिप्युषी धारा सुतस्य वेधसः । वृथा पवित्रे अर्षति ॥

Transliteration

divó na sānú pipyúṣī dhārā sutásya védhasaḥ | vṛ́thā pavítre arṣati ||

Translation

Like the ridge of heaven, the swelling stream of the pressed Soma of the wise-worker flows through the purifier—not in vain, but for an effective fulfilment of the work.

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• दिवः: of/from heaven
• दिवः: अपादान/सम्बन्ध (उत्पत्तिसम्बन्धः ‘from/of heaven’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ ‘स्वर्ग’)

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

• सानु: ridge, summit
• सानु: अधिकारण (उपमान-आधारः ‘on a ridge/summit’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सानु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिप्युषी: swelling, brimming
• पिप्युषी: विशेषण (धारायाः)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: प्यै/पि (धातु: प्या॒यते/पिन्वति ‘to swell, be full’ → कृत्)

• धारा: stream
• धारा: कर्तृ (अर्षति इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार (प्रातिपदिक: धारा)

• सुतस्य: of the pressed Soma
• सुतस्य: सम्बन्ध (धारायाः—‘of the pressed (Soma)’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सु (धातु ‘to press (Soma)’ → सुत ‘pressed’)

• वेधसः: of the wise one (the ordainer)
• वेधसः: सम्बन्ध (सुतस्य/धारायाः—‘of the wise one/ordainer’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wise/ordainer’, from √विध्/व्यध् ‘to arrange, pierce’)

• वृथा: in vain, idly
• वृथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृथा

• पवित्रे: in/through the filter (sieve)
• पवित्रे: अधिकारण (स्थानम्—‘in/through the filter’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्षति: flows, rushes
• अर्षति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋष् (धातु: अर्षति ‘to flow, rush’)