Rig Veda 9.67.24: Mandala 9, Sukta 67, Mantra 24

Sukta 9.67

Rishi: Requires Anukramaṇī confirmation for RV 9.67.24.

Devata: Agni (explicit), with brahman as the operative medium; situated in Soma-Pavamāna purification frame.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī type; confirm by scan.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यत्ते पवित्रमर्चिवदग्ने तेन पुनीहि नः । ब्रह्मसवैः पुनीहि नः ॥

Transliteration

yát te pavítram arcivád àgne ténā punīhi naḥ | brahma-saváiḥ punīhi naḥ ||

Translation

That purifier of yours, full of flame, O Agni—by that purify us; by the impulsions of the inspired Word, purify us.

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Word by Word

• यत्: which, that (relative)
• यत्: सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (अग्ने/पवित्रम्-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पवित्रम्: purifier; purifying filter/means of purification
• पवित्रम्: कर्म (पुनीहि इति क्रियायाः—‘purify (us) with/through the purifier’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्चिवत्: flame-bright, radiant
• अर्चिवत्: विशेषण (पवित्रस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्चिस् + वत् (मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेन: with that, by means of that
• तेन: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनीहि: purify!
• पुनीहि: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु) ‘to purify’

• नः: us
• नः: कर्म (object: ‘us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मसवैः: with the brahma-impulses/pressings (sacred incitements/ritual stimulations)
• ब्रह्मसवैः: करण (instrument/means: ‘with brahma-savas’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + सव (समास: तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः) ; प्रातिपदिकम्: ब्रह्मसव

• पुनीहि: purify!
• पुनीहि: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु) ‘to purify’

• नः: us
• नः: कर्म (object: ‘us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)