Rig Veda 9.67.16: Mandala 9, Sukta 67, Mantra 16

Sukta 9.67

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (for Indra)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवस्व सोम मन्दयन्निन्द्राय मधुमत्तमः ॥

Transliteration

páv-asva soma mandáyan índrāya mádhu-mattamaḥ ||

Translation

اپنے آپ کو پاک کر، اے سوما، اندرا کو خوش کرتے ہوئے؛ سب سے زیادہ شہد سے بھرپور بن جا - ہمارے اندر فتح کرنے والی طاقت کے لیے سب سے زیادہ لذت بخش۔

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Word by Word

• पवस्व: purify thyself; flow forth (as Soma)
• पवस्व: — (finite verb/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते) / √पु (पुनाति) ‘to purify, flow’

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana (addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम- (prātipadika) < √सु ‘to press’ (Soma, the pressed juice/deity)

• मन्दयन्: gladdening; exhilarating
• मन्दयन्: Kartā (agent, describing Soma as the doer of ‘gladdening’)
• Type: Verb (participle used adjectivally) / Adjective
• Root: मन्दयन्त् (present active participle) < √मन्द् ‘to gladden, exhilarate’

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna (recipient/beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र- (prātipadika)

• मधुमत्तमः: most honeyed; sweetest; richest in sweetness
• मधुमत्तमः: Kartā (qualifier of the agent Soma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत्तम- (prātipadika) < मधु- ‘honey/sweetness’ + -मत् ‘possessing’ + तमप् (superlative)