Rig Veda 9.64.12 — Mandala 9, Sukta 64, Mantra 12
Sukta 9.64
Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input (Soma Pavamāna tradition for RV 9.64)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Soma in the act of purification), with explicit offering to Indra
Chandas: Jagatī (likely; RV 9 hymns frequently in Jagatī—needs metrical verification against full pada count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स नो अर्ष पवित्र आ मदो यो देववीतमः । इन्दविन्द्राय पीतये ॥
Transliteration
sa nó arṣa pavítra ā mádo yó deva-vītamáḥ | índav índrā́ya pītáye ||
Translation
O Soma, flow for us into the purifier—this ecstasy that is most dear to the gods—so that it may be drunk by Indra, the Power of luminous mastery within us.
Word by Word
सःhe (that Soma)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स-
नःto/for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अर्षflow! / rush forth!
अर्ष:
—
TypeVerb
Rootऋष् (धातु) ‘गत्यर्थः/प्रवाहे’
पवित्रःthe filter (purifier, sieve)
पवित्रः:
Karma
TypeNoun (ritual term)
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
मदःthe exhilaration, intoxication (rapture)
मदः:
Kartā (यः-सम्बन्धे)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwhich / who
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (संबन्ध-सर्वनाम)
देववीतमःmost sought/desired by the gods
देववीतमः:
Kartā (यः-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (superlative)
Rootदेववीत (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् (तम)
इन्दुO Indu (Soma-drop)
इन्दु:
Kartā/ संबोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
Sampradāna (उद्देश्य-चतुर्थी)
TypeNoun (action noun)
Rootपीति (प्रातिपदिक; √पा ‘पाने’ से) अथवा कृत्-भावः
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