Rig Veda 9.63.28: Mandala 9, Sukta 63, Mantra 28

Sukta 9.63

Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seer-poets

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verify metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पुनानः सोम धारयेन्दो विश्वा अप स्रिधः । जहि रक्षांसि सुक्रतो ॥

Transliteration

punānáḥ soma dhā́rayéndo víśvā apa srídhaḥ | jahí rákṣāṃsi sukrato ||

Translation

自净的苏摩啊，在奔流的水道中；因度（Indu）啊，驱散一切乖曲与过失；正行之强者啊，诛灭罗刹（rakṣas）之众。

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Word by Word

• पुनानः: being purified; purifying (himself)
• पुनानः: Kartā (of the imperatives जहि, and of the action implied)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √पू (पूञ्) / prātipadika: पुनान- (pres. mid. participle)

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Kartā (apposition to पुनानः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prātipadika: सोम-

• धारये: in the stream; in the flow
• धारये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: prātipadika: धारा- (from √धृ ‘to hold/flow’ → ‘stream’)

• इन्दो: O Indu (bright drop, Soma)
• इन्दो: (Sambodhana; addressed entity)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: prātipadika: इन्दु-

• विश्वाः: all (of them)
• विश्वाः: Karma (with अप ‘away’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prātipadika: विश्व-

• अप: away; off
• अप: (modifies verbal idea; governs separation sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: avyaya: अप

• स्रिधः: hindrances; harms; hostilities
• स्रिधः: Karma (object to be removed ‘away’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prātipadika: स्रिध्- (Vedic; ‘obstruction, harm, hostile act/hostility’)

• जहि: slay; strike down
• जहि: (verbal action; addressed to इन्दु/सोम)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (to strike, slay)

• रक्षांसि: demons; harmful spirits (rakṣas)
• रक्षांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: prātipadika: रक्षस्-

• सुक्रतो: O good-minded/strong-willed one
• सुक्रतो: (Sambodhana; addressed to Soma/Indu)
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: prātipadika: सु-क्रतु-