Rig Veda 9.96.14: Mandala 9, Sukta 96, Mantra 14

Sukta 9.96

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वृष्टिं दिवः शतधारः पवस्व सहस्रसा वाजयुर्देववीतौ । सं सिन्धुभिः कलशे वावशानः समुस्रियाभिः प्रतिरन्न आयुः ॥

Transliteration

vṛṣṭíṃ diváḥ śatá-dhāraḥ pavasva sahasra-sā́ vāja-yúr deva-vī́tau | sáṃ síndhubhiḥ kalaśé vāvaśānáḥ sám usriyā́bhiḥ prá-tiran na ā́yuḥ ||

Translation

Purify yourself as the rain of heaven, hundred-streamed; winning a thousandfold plenitude of force in the gods’ finding. United with the rivers in the vessel, resounding, together with the shining lights, extend and secure our life—lengthening the soul’s term for the work of truth.

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Word by Word

• वृष्टिम्: rain, shower
• वृष्टिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि- (√वृष् ‘वर्षणे/सिञ्चने’)

• दिवः: of heaven/sky
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्-/द्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतधारः: hundred-streamed, having a hundred flows
• शतधारः: कर्तृ (सम्बोधन-रहित विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi) / Noun-like epithet
• Root: शत- + धार- (√धृ ‘धारणे’)

• पवस्व: purify yourself; flow clear
• पवस्व: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते) ‘पवने/शोधने’

• सहस्रसा: by thousands; in a thousandfold way
• सहस्रसा: विशेषण (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adverb/Indeclinable-like (taddhita)
• Root: सहस्र- + -सा (तद्धित, ‘सहस्रेण/सहस्रवत्’)

• वाजयुः: seeking/bringing strength and prize (vāja)
• वाजयुः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाज- + यु (यु- ‘इच्छु/याचक’ तद्धित/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा ‘वाज-यु’ स्थिर-प्रातिपदिक

• देववीतौ: in the divine pursuit/rite; in the gods’ seeking
• देववीतौ: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- + वीतु- (√वे/√वी ‘गत्यर्थ/वरण’ → वीतु ‘pursuit/quest/invitation’), समास

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: (क्रिया-विशेषक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) अथवा अव्यय

• सिन्धुभिः: with the rivers/streams
• सिन्धुभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु-

• कलशे: in the jar/vessel (filtering vat)
• कलशे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश-

• वावशानः: eager/striving, pressing on
• वावशानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle (present, intensive/reduplicated)
• Root: √वश्/√वाश् (वावश्- ‘to desire/strive eagerly’) → वावशान (कृदन्त)

• सम्: together; fully
• सम्: (क्रिया-विशेषक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) अथवा अव्यय

• उस्रिया॑भिः: with the bright ones; with the dawn-cows (radiant streams)
• उस्रिया॑भिः: करण
• Type: Noun (collective/adj. used substantively)
• Root: उस्रिया- (उस्र ‘dawn/cow’ से; ‘उज्ज्वला/गोसम्बन्धिनी’), प्रातिपदिक

• प्रतिरन्: they reach; they attain
• प्रतिरन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋ (ऋणोति/अरति) ‘गत्यर्थ/प्रापणे’ + प्रति

• आयुः: life; lifetime
• आयुः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्-