Rig Veda 9.23.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 23, Mantra 6

Sukta 9.23

Rishi: Uncertain/Traditional: Soma Pavamāna seers

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Soma in the act of purification), with explicit orientation to Indra and the Devās

Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from provided verse alone

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इन्द्राय सोम पवसे देवेभ्यः सधमाद्यः । इन्दो वाजं सिषाससि ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.23.6

Transliteration

índrāya soma pavase devébhyáḥ sadhámādyaḥ | índo vā́jaṃ sisāsasi ||

Translation

For Indra thou flowest, O Soma; for the Gods as the common delight of their session. O Indu, thou seekest to set in motion the Vāja—plenitude of force and victorious increase—within us.

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• इन्द्राय: to/for Indra
• इन्द्राय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवसे: you purify yourself / you flow (as purified)
• पवसे: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु; पुनाति/पवते ‘to purify, to flow/clarify’)

• देवेभ्यः: to/for the gods
• देवेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सधमाद्यः: (as) the companion in the common exhilaration / sharing the same revel
• सधमाद्यः: कर्तृ (विशेष्य-सम्बन्धेन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सधमाद्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सध’ + ‘माद्य’)

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

• वाजम्: strength / prize / (victory-)booty
• वाजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• सिषाससि: you desire/seek (to win/obtain)
• सिषाससि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सन्/षन् (धातु; ‘to seek, desire’; desiderative formation)