Rig Veda 9.12.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 12, Mantra 6

Sukta 9.12

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र वाचमिन्दुरिष्यति समुद्रस्याधि विष्टपि । जिन्वन्कोशं मधुश्चुतम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.12.6

Transliteration

prá vā́cam índur iṣyati samudrásyādhi viṣṭápi | jínvan kóśaṃ madhu-ścútam ||

Translation

The luminous Indu sends forth the inspired Word from the seat above the ocean of being; he quickens the vessel, dripping with honeyed delight, so that speech and consciousness may become abundant.

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Word by Word

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

• वाचम्: speech, voice
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (स्त्री) < √वच्

• इन्दुः: Indu (Soma), the drop
• इन्दुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (पुं) < √इन्द्/इन्दु (सोम)

• ऋष्यति: moves/flows, rushes
• ऋष्यति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋष् (ऋष्यति)

• समुद्रस्य: of the ocean
• समुद्रस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (पुं)

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/उपपद-अव्यय)

• विष्टपि: on the (heavenly) seat/region
• विष्टपि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्टपि (नपुं) < *वि-स्तपि/विष्टप (cosmic seat/region)

• जिन्वन्: quickening, invigorating
• जिन्वन्: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √जिव्/जि (जिन्वति)

• कोशम्: vessel, cask, receptacle
• कोशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश (पुं)

• मधुश्चुतम्: honey-dripping, sweet-flowing
• मधुश्चुतम्: Karma (as qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective (past participial compound)
• Root: मधु-च्युत (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय) < मधु + √च्युत्/√च्यु (to drip)