Rig Veda 9.44.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 44, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.44

Rishi: Traditionally: Soma Pavamāna hymns are attributed to various seers; specific ascription for RV 9.44 varies by recension/Anukramaṇī (commonly from the Pavamāna collections).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (purifying Soma/Indu)

Chandas: Likely Jagatī/Triṣṭubh-family meter typical of Pavamāna sections; exact chandas should be verified against the Anukramaṇī for RV 9.44.1.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ण इन्दो महे तन ऊर्मिं न बिभ्रदर्षसि । अभि देवाँ अयास्यः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.44.1

Transliteration

prá ṇa indó mahé tána ūrmíṃ ná bíbhrad arṣasi | abhí devā́m̐ ayā́syàḥ ||

Translation

Hãy tuôn chảy vì chúng tôi, hỡi Indu, vì sự mở rộng bao la; mang theo một làn sóng như thể mà lao đi. Như kẻ mời gọi đầy khát vọng, hãy tiến về các Thần—để các quyền năng thiêng liêng đi vào và hành tác trong chúng tôi.

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Word by Word

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

• नः: to us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (recipient) (contextual)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma)
• इन्दो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्दु-

• महे: for greatness / for the great (goal)
• महे: Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: महि-

• तनः: of (your) body / of the body
• तनः: Adhikaraṇa (sphere: ‘in/with the body’) (contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू-

• ऊर्मिम्: wave, surge
• ऊर्मिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्मि-

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• बिभ्रत्: bearing, carrying
• बिभ्रत्: Kartā (agreeing with the subject ‘Indu’)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: भृ (भरणे)

• अर्षसि: you flow, you rush
• अर्षसि: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋष्/अर्ष् (गत्यर्थः; ‘to flow, rush’)

• अभि: towards, onto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (upasarga)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (goal of motion with अभि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-

• अयास्यः: unwearied / with tireless mouth
• अयास्यः: Kartā (predicate adjective of the subject ‘Indu’)
• Type: Adjective (predicative)
• Root: अयास्य- (prātipadika; epithet of Soma, lit. ‘with non-weary mouth’ / ‘unwearied’)