Rig Veda 9.94.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 94, Mantra 2
Sukta 9.94
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Rasa
- Adbhuta (wonder) and Shanta (peace)
द्विता व्यूर्ण्वन्नमृतस्य धाम स्वर्विदे भुवनानि प्रथन्त । धियः पिन्वानाः स्वसरे न गाव ऋतायन्तीरभि वावश्र इन्दुम् ॥
dvitā́ vy ūrṇván amṛ́tasya dhā́ma svaḥ-víde bhúvanāni prathanta | dhíyaḥ pinvānā́ḥ svásare ná gā́va ṛtā́yantīr abhí vāvaśre índum ||
Sa isang kaparaanang dalawa siya ay nagbubukas ng tahanan ng imortalidad at pinapalawak ang mga mundo para sa nakakita ng nagniningning na langit. Ang mga kaloob na nagpapakilos, na namumuo tulad ng mga baka na humahalumbilo sa kanilang sariling pastulan, na gumagalaw ayon sa batas ng Ṛta, ay pinipiga patungo at nagmamadali sa paligid ng maliwanag na patak.
Word by Word
- द्विता
- twice; in two waysIndeclinableअव्यय; अर्थे ‘द्विधा/द्विवारम्/पुनः’ (वेद.)Role Adhikaraṇa (काल/प्रकार-अव्यय)Root द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) → द्विता (अव्यय)
- वि
- apart; forthIndeclinableउपसर्ग (विभाग/विस्तारार्थ)Root वि (उपसर्ग)
- ऊर्ण्वन्
- unfolding; spreadingVerbलट्; परस्मैपद; प्र. पु.; एक.; (वेद. शतृदन्त-प्राय प्रयोगः) — ‘unfolding/spreading’Role Kartā (सह-कर्तृभावे)Root √ऊर्णु (ऊर्णोति/ऊर्णुते ‘to open, spread, unfold’)
- अमृतस्य
- of immortality; of the deathless (nectar)Nounनपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचनRole Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)Root अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
- धाम
- abode; station; realmNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (वेद. रूप ‘धाम’)Role Karma (व्यूर्ण्वन्—यत् विस्तीर्यते)Root धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
- स्वर्विदे
- for the finder of heaven/lightAdjectiveपुं/नपुं; चतुर्थी; एकवचन (दातृ/प्रयोजनार्थ)Role Sampradāna (प्रयोजन/लाभार्थ दत्त-भाव)Root स्वर्विद् (स्वर् + √विद् ‘to know/find’) (प्रातिपदिक)
- भुवनानि
- worlds; beings/realmsNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; बहुवचनRole Kartā (प्रथन्त—यत् प्रथते)Root भुवन (प्रातिपदिक; √भू ‘to be’)
- प्रथन्त
- they expand; they spreadVerbलट्; परस्मैपद; प्र. पु.; बहुवचनRole Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)Root √प्रथ् (प्रथते/प्रथन्ति ‘to spread, expand’)
- धियः
- thoughts; insights; hymnsNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचनRole Kartā (पिन्वानाः—कर्तृसम्बन्ध)Root धि (प्रातिपदिक)
- पिन्वानाः
- impelling; swelling; being set in motionVerbवर्तमान कृदन्त (शानच्/आनच्); प्रथमा; बहुवचन; स्त्री (धियः-सामानाधिकरण्य)Role Kartā (धियः—‘impelling/being impelled’)Root √पिव्/√पिन् (पिन्वति ‘to swell, set in motion, impel, make abound’)
- स्वसरे
- in the sister (i.e., in the sisterly stream/voice)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचनRole Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण—‘in/at the sister’)Root स्वसर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sister’)
- न
- like; asIndeclinableउपमा/सादृश्यार्थे अव्ययRoot न (अव्यय)
- गावः
- cowsNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचनRole Kartā (अभि वावश्र—यत् वावश्रे)Root गो (प्रातिपदिक)
- ऋतायन्तीः
- moving in accord with ṛta; truth-followingAdjectiveवर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ); स्त्री; प्रथमा; बहुवचन (गावः-विशेषण)Role Kartā (गावः—विशेषणरूपेण)Root ऋतायन्त् (ऋत + √या/√इ ‘to go’ → denominative/causative-like ‘to go according to ṛta’)
- अभि
- towards; untoIndeclinableउपसर्ग; ‘towards, upon’Root अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
- वावश्र
- they bellowed; they cried outVerbलिट् (वेद. पुनरुक्त-परफेक्ट); परस्मैपद; प्र. पु.; बहुवचनRole Kriyā (गावः—क्रिया)Root √वश्/√वाश् (वाशति/वावशे ‘to bellow/cry, sound’; वेद. पुनरुक्त-परफेक्ट)
- इन्दुम्
- Indu; the Soma (drop)Nounपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचनRole Karma (अभि वावश्र—यम् प्रति)Root इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; सोमः)
Sandhi Notes
- पदच्छेद (सन्धि-निरसन): द्विता | वि | ऊर्ण्वन् | अमृतस्य | धाम | स्वर्विदे | भुवनानि | प्रथन्त । धियः | पिन्वानाः | स्वसरे | न | गावः | ऋतायन्तीः | अभि | वावश्र | इन्दुम् ॥ 1) ‘व्यूर्ण्वन्’ = ‘वि + ऊर्ण्वन्’ (उपसर्ग-सन्धि; व्य् + ऊ → व्यू)
- 2) ‘धियः पिन्वानाः’ सामनाधिकरण्य (धियः = कर्तृ; पिन्वानाः = वर्तमान कृदन्त)
- 3) ‘ऋतायन्तीः’ गवां विशेषणम्
- 4) ‘अभि वावश्र इन्दुम्’ = उपसर्ग ‘अभि’ + लिट् ‘वावश्र’ + कर्म ‘इन्दुम्’
The meaning
Outer meaning
In a twofold way he unveils the home of immortality and widens the worlds for the finder of heaven. The thoughts, swelling like cows in their pasture, moving by ṛta, press toward and hasten around Indu.
Inner meaning
Soma reveals (vyūrṇvan) amṛtasya dhāma—the abode/state of immortality—in a twofold manner (dvitā): (1) by purification of the lower nature (waters/flows) and (2) by illumination of the higher mind (svar). For the svar-vid (finder of the luminous heaven), he expands the inner worlds (bhuvanāni prathanta): capacities of mind, life, and soul widen. The dhī (inspired thoughts) swell (pinvānāḥ) like cows in their own pasture (svasare): rays of knowledge become fertile and self-sustaining. Moving according to ṛta (ṛtāyantīḥ), they press toward and circulate around Indu—delight at the center—so that joy becomes the organizing nucleus of a truth-governed cognition.
Universal truth
Immortality is approached by a double movement—purification and illumination. When truth governs our thought, inspirations multiply naturally and gather around an inner delight that becomes the stable center of a widened life.
Themes
revelation/unveiling, expansion of consciousness, cows as rays of knowledge, Soma as catalyst of immortality
The seer
- Other hymns
- Rig Veda 9.94.1
Family tradition
This verse is doctrinal in tone—typical of pavamāna seers who map inner ascent: svar-discovery, widening worlds, and ṛta-governed dhī around Soma.
Significance
Gives a compact psychology of realization: revelation of immortality by a double movement, expansion of inner planes, and the organizing role of delight as the center of truth-thinking.
The deity
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna (Indu)
- Epithets
- amṛta (immortal), svarvit-prada (giver/finder-facilitator of svar; implied), pavate (flowing purifier; implied)
- Related deities
- Āpas (Waters), Sūrya/Svar, Bṛhaspati (lord of dhī), Indra (breaker of coverings)
Cosmic role
Reveals immortality, widens inner worlds, and becomes the luminous center around which ṛta-moving inspirations gather.
Inner power
Ananda as revelatory: it opens the ‘home of immortality’ and organizes cognition into truth-law.
In ritual
Where it is used
Soma pavamāna stotra
द्वि॒ता व्यू॒र्ण्वन्न॒मृत॑स्य॒ धाम॑ स्व॒र्विदे॒ भुव॑नानि प्रथन्त । धिय॑: पिन्वा॒नाः स्वस॑रे॒ न गाव॑ ऋता॒यन्ती॑र॒भि वा॑वश्र॒ इन्दु॑म् ॥
द्वि॒ता । वि॒ऽऊ॒र्ण्वन् । अ॒मृत॑स्य । धाम॑ । स्वः॒ऽविदे॑ । भुव॑नानि । प्र॒थ॒न्त॒ । धियः॑ । पि॒न्वा॒नाः । स्वस॑रे । न । गावः॑ । ऋ॒त॒ऽयन्तीः॑ । अ॒भि । व॒व॒श्रे॒ । इन्दु॑म् ॥
dvitā | vi-ūrṇvan | amṛtasya | dhāma | svaḥ-vide | bhuvanāni | prathanta | dhiyaḥ | pinvānāḥ | svasare | na | gāvaḥ | ṛta-yantīḥ | abhi | vavaśre | indum
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Expansive, unfolding rhythm matching ‘widening worlds’ and ‘unveiling’.
Creates spaciousness; encourages a sense of revelation and orderly circulation of thoughts around a luminous center.
- द्विता (dvitā)
- Literal: in two ways. Symbolic: double process: cleansing of lower nature + opening of higher light
- वि ऊर्ण्वन् (vy-ūrṇvan)
- Literal: unveiling, opening out. Symbolic: revelation—removal of coverings over higher consciousness
- अमृतस्य धाम (amṛtasya dhāma)
- Literal: home of immortality. Symbolic: deathless consciousness; stable Ananda-Satya state
- स्वर्विदे (svarvide)
- Literal: to the finder of heaven (svar). Symbolic: one who discovers higher luminous mind/plane
- भुवनानि प्रथन्त (bhuvanāni prathanta)
- Literal: worlds widen. Symbolic: inner domains of mind-life-soul expand and become spacious
- धियः (dhiyaḥ)
- Literal: inspirations. Symbolic: illumined thought-powers
- पिन्वानाः (pinvānāḥ)
- Literal: swelling, increasing. Symbolic: fertilization of insight—growing luminous abundance
- स्वसरे (svasare)
- Literal: in their own pasture. Symbolic: native field of light—self-sustaining clarity without borrowing from ignorance
- ऋतायन्तीः (ṛtāyantīḥ)
- Literal: moving by ṛta. Symbolic: truth-governed movement; right law of becoming
- इन्दुम् (indum)
- Literal: the bright drop. Symbolic: central Ananda around which true thoughts organize
Pavamāna Soma chants during filtration; supports the ‘unveiling’ and ‘expansion’ motifs of the rite as inner opening.
During Soma purification/flow; especially apt when seeking ‘svar’ and expansive clarity in the rite.
Recitation while Soma is strained and collected; aligns the sacrificer with immortality symbolism.
Meditation mantra for unveiling higher consciousness: use when seeking spaciousness, intuitive clarity, and stable joy as the organizing center.
(dvitā) from dvi ‘two’ suggests a characteristic RV trope of double manifestation (two births, two worlds). √ūrṇu (ūrṇvan) ‘to unfold, open out’ conveys revelation. (a-mṛta) ‘non-death’ from √mṛ ‘to die’. (prathanta) from √prath ‘to spread, widen’. (pinvānāḥ) from √pīv/√pinv ‘to swell, make abound’. ṛta-yantīḥ combines ṛta ‘right order’ + √yam ‘to go, move, restrain’ → ‘right-going’.
Amṛta (immortality), Ṛta (cosmic order/right movement), expansion of worlds (prath)
Explicit: ṛtāyantīḥ—thoughts moving by ṛta are the condition for stable revelation and widening.
Unveiling implies removal of false coverings; truth becomes the law of movement.
Cosmic expansion mirrored inwardly: worlds widen for the svar-finder; immortality-home is revealed.
Proto-Upaniṣadic Vedānta + Aurobindonian ascent: planes widen, center of Ananda organizes truth-thinking.
Pasture = native luminous field of consciousness; cows = rays/knowledges; circling = harmonized mental movement around Ananda; unveiling = removal of subconscious coverings.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The unveiling of the ‘abode of immortality’ and the widening of the ‘worlds’ is a cosmogonic/revelatory mythologem: Soma reveals hidden divine stations and makes the planes of being spacious for the seeker of the higher light (svaḥ). The cows simile continues the ‘recovered light’ complex—knowledge-powers converging on Indu.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- amṛta ‘immortal’ parallels the Indo-European negative prefix *n̥-/a- plus ‘death’ root (PIE *mer- ‘to die’). The ‘sun/heaven-finding’ lexicon (svaḥ) aligns with inherited sky/heaven semantics across IE traditions, while go ‘cow’ as a poetic figure for wealth/light is a shared archaic metaphorical economy.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi’s dhī (inspired thought) is not merely praising; it is being ‘filled’ and set into ṛta-directed motion by Soma. Soma’s gift is revelatory: he opens the immortal station and enlarges the inner worlds, enabling the human seeker to become svaḥ-víd (a finder of the higher light).
Twofold inner movement: (1) purify (release coverings), (2) open to higher light; then rest in a central joy while thoughts move by ṛta.
ajna (svar-finding) and sahasrara (amṛtasya dhāma)
alternate nostril breathing 6 rounds (twofold balance), then silent sitting with gentle awareness at crown
spacious, unveiled, harmonized; thoughts circulate without agitation around a luminous center.
Chant 7 times; after each, pause and sense ‘widening worlds’ in the body (space in chest, throat, brow). Conclude by resting attention in a quiet joy at the heart/brow as the ‘Indu-center’.
Tri-svara; give calm prominence to amṛtasya dhāma and ṛtāyantīḥ; keep the unfolding feel in prathanta.
Open vowels on vyūrṇvan and prathanta to suggest ‘unveiling’ and ‘widening’; maintain steady pace in the last pāda to evoke circling harmony.
Dvitā: retroflex ṭ? (here dental t) keep short i; long ā, Vyūrṇvan: v+yū; ṛṇv cluster—do not drop ṇ, Svarvide: sv cluster clean; v soft, Ṛtāyantīḥ: initial ṛ rolled; long īḥ at end
spacious, even, reverent; let resonance bloom in the chest and crown.
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