Rig Veda 9.97.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 3

Sukta 9.97

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with an appeal to the devas collectively in the refrain-like closing)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

समु प्रियो मृज्यते सानो अव्ये यशस्तरो यशसां क्षैतो अस्मे । अभि स्वर धन्वा पूयमानो यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.97.3

Transliteration

sám u priyó mṛ́jyate sā́nāv ávye yaśás-taro yaśásāṃ kṣáitaḥ asmè | abhí svàra dhánvā pūyamāno yūyáṃ pāta svastí-bhiḥ sadā́ naḥ ||

Translation

The beloved is cleansed upon the woolly ridge; more glorious, he shines for us among the glorious. Purifying himself, he cries out with a clear call across the wide expanse; may you protect us always with states of well-being.

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Word by Word

• समु: together, indeed
• समु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + उ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• प्रियः: dear, beloved
• प्रियः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• मृज्यते: is cleansed / is purified
• मृज्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृज्

• सानो: on the ridge/summit (surface)
• सानो: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सानु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अव्ये: in/at the sheep’s (wool) filter; in the wool
• अव्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यशस्तरः: more glorious
• यशस्तरः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस् + तर (तद्धित/तुलनात्मक)

• यशसाम्: of glories / of the glorious ones
• यशसाम्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षैतः: dwelling, ruling (lordly)
• क्षैतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षि (धातु) → क्षैति/क्षै (वैदिक ‘dwells, rules’) / क्षैति- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मे: among us / for us
• अस्मे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्वरः: sound/voice; (also) radiance
• स्वरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• धन्वा: through/with the bow; (figuratively) with the arched course
• धन्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूयमानः: being purified
• पूयमानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: पू (धातु) + य (यक्) → पूय (कृदन्त-धातु)

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• पात: protect
• पात: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पालने)

• स्वस्तिभिः: with well-being, with blessings
• स्वस्तिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदा: always
• सदा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)

• नः: us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)