Rig Veda 9.36.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 36, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.36

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शुम्भमान ऋतायुभिर्मृज्यमानो गभस्त्योः । पवते वारे अव्यये ॥

Transliteration

śumbhámāna ṛtāyúbhir mṛjyámāno gábhastyoḥ | pávate vā́re avyáye ||

Translation

被求真者所装点，受双手光芒所涤净；他在不坏之流中奔涌——苏摩依ṛta（宇宙正序）而行，光明而甘悦。

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• शुम्भमानः: adorning himself; becoming splendid
• शुम्भमानः: कर्तृ (सोमः)
• Type: Verb-derived adjective (participle)
• Root: शुभ् (धातु) → शुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधार)

• ऋतायुभिः: with the truth-living/rite-living (ones); with the righteous
• ऋतायुभिः: करण (साधन/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (instrumental plural)
• Root: ऋतायु (प्रातिपदिक) = ऋत + आयु

• मृज्यमानः: being cleansed; being purified
• मृज्यमानः: कर्तृ (सोमः; ‘being cleansed’)
• Type: Verb-derived adjective (participle)
• Root: मृज् (धातु) → मृज्य (कृदन्त-आधार)

• गभस्त्योः: in the two hands; in the hands (of the pressers/priests)
• गभस्त्योः: अधिकरण (स्थान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गभस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवते: he purifies/flows (as the purifying one)
• पवते: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु; ‘to purify/cleanse’) → पवते (वैदिक वर्तमान)

• वारे: in the water
• वारे: अधिकरण (स्थान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि/वार (प्रातिपदिक; ‘water’)

• अव्यये: in the imperishable (unfailing) [water]
• अव्यये: अधिकरण (वारि-विशेषणेन स्थाननिर्देशः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively/qualifying)
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘imperishable, unfailing’)