Rig Veda 9.97.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.97

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र गायताभ्यर्चाम देवान्त्सोमं हिनोत महते धनाय । स्वादुः पवाते अति वारमव्यमा सीदाति कलशं देवयुर्नः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.97.4

Transliteration

prá gāyatā́bhy àrcāma devā́nt sómaṃ hinota mahaté dhánāya | svādúḥ pavāte áti vā́ram ávyam ā́ sīdāti kalaśáṃ deva-yúr naḥ ||

Translation

Sing forth; let us chant to the Gods—drive Soma onward for the great plenitude. Sweet he streams beyond the woolly strainer and comes to rest in the jar, our seeker and lover of the Divine.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• गायता: sing (you all)!
• गायता: Kartā (implicit ‘you’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गै (गाय्) / गाय (verbal stem)

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (upasarga)

• अर्चाम: let us praise/sing
• अर्चाम: Kartā (implicit ‘we’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्च्

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव

• सोमम्: Soma
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम

• हिनोत: impel/drive on (you all)
• हिनोत: Kartā (implicit ‘you’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हि (हिनोति)

• महते: for great (gain)
• महते: Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्

• धनाय: for wealth/prize
• धनाय: Sampradāna (purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन

• स्वादुः: sweet, pleasant
• स्वादुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वादु

• पवाते: purifies/flows (as purified)
• पवाते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते)

• अति: beyond, over
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (upasarga/avyaya)

• वारम्: the strainer/sieve (wool-filter)
• वारम्: Karma (object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार

• अव्यम्: of sheep’s wool, woollen
• अव्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa of वारम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्य

• आ: to, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• सीदाति: sits down/settles
• सीदाति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीदति)

• कलशम्: the jar, vessel
• कलशम्: Adhikaraṇa (goal/place reached) / Karma (object of entering)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश

• देवयुः: god-seeking, devoted to the gods
• देवयुः: Kartā (apposition to Soma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवयु (from देव + √यु ‘to join/seek’; prātipadika देवयु-)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्