Rig Veda 9.61.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.61
Rishi: Traditionally attributed within the Pavamāna Soma corpus (RV 9) to Soma-pavamāna seers; specific ṛṣi for 9.61 is transmitted in Anukramaṇī traditions (commonly within the Kaśyapa/others pavamāna attributions), but not recoverable from the provided input alone.
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (purifying Soma)
Chandas: Jagatī (typical for many RV 9 stanzas; exact meter should be verified against pada syllable count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अया वीती परि स्रव यस्त इन्दो मदेष्वा । अवाहन्नवतीर्नव ॥
Transliteration
ayā vītī́ pári srava yás ta indo mádeṣv ā́ | avā́hann avatī́r náva ||
Translation
By this path of our approach, flow all around us, O Indu (Soma), you who in the ecstasies bring down (into us) the nine-and-ninety currents of the descending powers.
Word by Word
अयाby this (way/means)
अया:
करण (means/instrument)
TypePronoun (Demonstrative)
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अयम्/इयम्/इदम्
वीतीthe feast / enjoyment (rite)
वीती:
कर्म/अधिकरण (as the ‘occasion/feast’ around which the action occurs)
TypeNoun
Rootवीति- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वीति’ = enjoyment/feast, also ‘invitation/approach’ in Vedic usage)
परिaround, all around
परि:
— (verbal modifier)
TypeIndeclinable (Preverb)
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्रवflow!
स्रव:
क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्रु (धातु) ‘to flow’
यःwho
यः:
कर्ता (of the relative clause)
TypePronoun (Relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वेin you
त्वे:
अधिकरण (location: ‘in you’)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्दोO Indu (Soma)
इन्दो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्दु- (प्रातिपदिक; Soma)
मदेषुin the exhilarations / intoxications
मदेषु:
अधिकरण (in the raptures)
TypeNoun
Rootमद- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘intoxication/rapture’
आtowards, hither
आ:
— (verbal modifier)
TypeIndeclinable (Preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अवाहन्they drove/brought
अवाहन्:
क्रिया (main verb of 2nd clause)
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (धातु) ‘to carry/drive’ with preverb आ-
नवतीःninety
नवतीः:
कर्म (object: ‘ninety [ones]’)
TypeNumeral (used adjectivally)
Rootनवति- (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) ‘ninety’
नवnine
नव:
विशेषण/संख्या-निर्देश (qualifies ‘नवतीः’)
TypeNumeral
Rootनव (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) ‘nine’
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