Rig Veda 9.109.13: Mandala 9, Sukta 109, Mantra 13

Sukta 9.109

Rishi: Pavamāna seers.

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu); associated power Bhaga invoked implicitly.

Chandas: Likely Jagatī (scan required).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इन्दुः पविष्ट चारुर्मदायापामुपस्थे कविर्भगाय ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.109.13

Transliteration

índuḥ pavíṣṭa cā́rur mádāyāpā́m upásthe kavírbhágāya ||

Translation

The bright drop has entered, lovely for ecstasy, in the lap of the waters—seer-like—toward Bhaga: delight settling into the supporting depths to bring the soul’s share of felicity.

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Word by Word

• इन्दुः: the Soma (drop), Indu
• इन्दुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु- (प्रातिपदिक; सोम) < PIE *h₁ey-? (शब्दव्युत्पत्तिः अनिश्चित) पारम्पर्येण ‘drop/bright’ इत्यर्थे व्याख्यायते

• पविष्ट: purified; having been purified
• पविष्ट: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Verb (participial) / Adjective
• Root: √पू (पवते) ‘to purify, flow’ → क्त (past passive participle) ‘पवित’/वैदिक ‘पविष्ट’

• चारुः: lovely, beautiful
• चारुः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘pleasant, lovely’

• मदाय: for exhilaration (for rapture)
• मदाय: सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘intoxication, exhilaration, rapture’

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्-/आप्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘water’

• उपस्थे: in the lap/bosom
• उपस्थे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थ- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘lap, bosom, seat; vicinity’

• कविः: the seer, the wise one
• कविः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘seer, poet; wise’

• भगाय: for Bhaga / for fortune (share)
• भगाय: सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘Bhaga (deity); share, fortune’