Rig Veda 9.61.9: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 9

Sukta 9.61

Rishi: RV 9 Pavamāna tradition; specific attribution requires Anukramaṇī.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with Bhaga, Vāyu, Pūṣan, Mitra, Varuṇa as associated recipients/powers)

Chandas: Jagatī (to be verified)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स नो भगाय वायवे पूष्णे पवस्व मधुमान् । चारुर्मित्रे वरुणे च ॥

Transliteration

sá no bhágāya vāyáve pūṣṇé pavasva mádhumān | cā́rur mitré váruṇe ca ||

Translation

Flow for us, honey-rich, for Bhaga, for Vāyu, for Pūṣan—beautiful also for Mitra and Varuṇa: become in us the sweetness that supports right enjoyment, right breath, right guidance, and the law of harmony.

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Word by Word

• स: him/that (Soma)
• स: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सः/सा/तत्) सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• भगाय: for Bhaga (the distributor of fortune)
• भगाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• वायवे: for Vāyu
• वायवे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूष्णे: for Pūṣan
• पूष्णे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवस्व: purify yourself; flow on (as purified Soma)
• पवस्व: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु) ‘to purify/cleanse’

• मधुमान्: honeyed, sweet, rich in mead
• मधुमान्: कर्तृ (विशेषण) / कर्ता-सम्बन्धी
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु + मतुप् (प्रातिपदिक: मधुमत्) → nom. sg. masc. मधुमान्

• चारुः: lovely, pleasing
• चारुः: कर्तृ (विशेषण) / कर्ता-सम्बन्धी
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मित्रे: for Mitra
• मित्रे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुणे: for Varuṇa
• वरुणे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)