Rig Veda 9.97.29: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 29

Sukta 9.97

Rishi: Soma Pavamāna seers

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Chandas: Jagatī (likely; confirm metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शतं धारा देवजाता असृग्रन्त्सहस्रमेनाः कवयो मृजन्ति । इन्दो सनित्रं दिव आ पवस्व पुरएतासि महतो धनस्य ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.97.29

Transliteration

śatáṃ dhā́rā deva-jā́tā asṛgran sahásram enāḥ kaváyo mṛjanti | índo sanitráṃ divá ā́ pavasva pura-etā́si maható dhánasya ||

Translation

A hundred streams, born of the divine, are released; a thousand stains the seers cleanse away. O Indu, purify yourself into the treasury of heaven; you are the forerunner of the great riches of being.

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• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (परिमाण-विशेषणम्) / विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Noun/Number
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाराः: streams (flows)
• धाराः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवजाताः: god-born / born from the gods
• देवजाताः: Kartā (धाराः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव-जात (समास; √जन् ‘to be born’ → जात kṛdanta)

• असृग्रन्: they streamed forth / were emitted
• असृग्रन्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृज् (सृजति) ‘to flow/let go, emit’

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma (परिमाण-विशेषणम्) / विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Noun/Number
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• एनाः: these (ones)
• एनाः: Karma / विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एना (प्रातिपदिक; ‘this/these’, esp. neuter plural in RV)

• कवयः: the seers/poets
• कवयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मृजन्ति: they cleanse / purify
• मृजन्ति: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृज् (मृजति) ‘to wipe/clean, purify’

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma)
• इन्दो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सनित्रम्: the bestower / giver (winning power)
• सनित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सनित्र (प्रातिपदिक; from √सन्/√सनी ‘to gain, bestow’)

• दिवः: of heaven
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: forth, towards (hither)
• आ: (क्रिया-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• पवस्व: purify yourself / flow purified
• पवस्व: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते) ‘to purify, become pure’

• पुरएता: the forerunner / leader in front
• पुरएता: Kartā (असि इत्यस्य कर्तृपदम्)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पुरः-एतृ (समास; √इ ‘to go’ → एतृ ‘goer/leader’)

• असि: you are
• असि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस्ति) ‘to be’

• महतः: of great
• महतः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• धनस्य: wealth, treasure
• धनस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)