Rig Veda 9.23.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 23, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.23

Rishi: Uncertain/Traditional: Soma Pavamāna seers

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from provided verse alone

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि सोमास आयवः पवन्ते मद्यं मदम् । अभि कोशं मधुश्चुतम् ॥

Transliteration

abhí somāsa āyávaḥ pávante mádyaṃ mádam | abhí kóśaṃ madhuścútam ||

Translation

The Somas, the aspiring powers, purify themselves and flow toward the rapture that is to be drunk; they flow toward the vessel that drips honey—toward the heart-cup of delight.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa (directional/locative sense with motion)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सोमासः: Soma (plants/juices), the Soma-drops
• सोमासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयवः: swift/active (as an epithet of Soma-streams)
• आयवः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: आयु (प्रातिपदिक) → आयव्- (वैदिक बहुवचन-प्रातिपदिक ‘आयवः’)

• पवन्ते: they purify/flow (as purifying streams)
• पवन्ते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु) ‘to purify/cleanse’

• मद्यं: intoxicating (drink), exhilarating
• मद्यं: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मद्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदम्: intoxication, exhilaration
• मदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa (directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• कोशम्: vessel, container (soma-vat)
• कोशम्: Karma (goal/object reached)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुश्चुतम्: honey-dripping, sweet-flowing
• मधुश्चुतम्: Karma (as qualifier of ‘कोशम्’)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: मधु-च्युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक); √च्युत्/√च्यु (to drip, to flow) with prefix sense ‘honey-shedding’