Rig Veda 9.61.21: Mandala 9, Sukta 61, Mantra 21
Sukta 9.61
Rishi: Kavi Bhārgava (traditionally associated with RV 9.61; Soma-pavamāna seers vary by tradition)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purified Soma as divine delight and clarifying power)
Chandas: Jagatī (likely; RV 9 Soma hymns frequently in Jagatī/Trishtubh—exact pada-count needs full metrical scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सम्मिश्लो अरुषो भव सूपस्थाभिर्न धेनुभिः । सीदञ्छ्येनो न योनिमा ॥
Transliteration
sammiśló aruṣó bhava sūpasthā́bhir ná dhenúbhiḥ | sī́dañ chyénो ná yónim ā́ ||
Translation
Become perfectly blended and luminous, O Soma, as if with well-seated nurturing powers, like cows around the stall; settle into your own birthplace as the swift-flying falcon settles into its nest—enter the founded seat of the Truth within us.
Word by Word
सम्मिश्लःwell-mingled, thoroughly mixed
सम्मिश्लः:
Kartā (विधेय-विशेषणः; सोमः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-मिश्ल (मिश्ल्/मिश्र् ‘मिश्रणे’) → मिश्र/मिश्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्-
अरुषःruddy, tawny
अरुषः:
Kartā (विधेय-विशेषणः; सोमः)
TypeAdjective
Rootअरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
भवbecome / be
भव:
(आज्ञा) —
TypeVerb
Rootभू
सूपस्थाभिःwith good laps/bosoms (i.e., with good resting-places)
सूपस्थाभिः:
Karaṇa (याभिः… ‘with/through’)
TypeAdjective (instrumental qualifier)
Rootसु-उपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक; उपस्थ ‘lap, bosom, seat’)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
धेनुभिःwith the milch-cows
धेनुभिः:
Karaṇa (उपमान-सहचरः)
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
सीदन्sitting down, settling
सीदन्:
Kartā (सोमः; ‘sitting/settling’)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootसद्
श्येनःa falcon, hawk
श्येनः:
Kartā (उपमानम्)
TypeNoun
Rootश्येन (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
योनिम्nest, womb, resting-place
योनिम्:
Karma (गन्तव्य/आश्रयः)
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
आto, unto (towards)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / particle
Rootआ
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