Rig Veda 9.67.32 — Mandala 9, Sukta 67, Mantra 32

Sukta 9.67

Rishi: Requires Anukramaṇī confirmation for RV 9.67.32.

Devata: Metahymnic; Sarasvatī as bestower of inspired nourishment, linked to Pavamānī recitation.

Chandas: Likely Jagatī; confirm by scan.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पावमानीर्यो अध्येत्यृषिभिः सम्भृतं रसम् । तस्मै सरस्वती दुहे क्षीरं सर्पिर्मधूदकम् ॥

Transliteration

pāvamānī́r yó adhyéti ṛ́ṣibhiḥ sámbhṛtaṃ rásam | tásmai sárasvatī duhē kṣīráṃ sárpir mádhūdakám ||

Translation

凡诵读帕瓦玛尼（Pavamānī）诸颂——由诸仙圣所汇聚之精髓者——萨拉斯瓦蒂（Sarasvatī）便为他挤出乳、酥（酥油）、蜜与水：清明之识的滋养。

Word by Word

• पावमानीः: the purifying (Soma-)chants / purifying (streams)
• पावमानीः: Kartā (subject of अध्येति)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पावमान- (√पू ‘to purify’ > पावमान ‘being purified’, Soma-epithet)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā (subject of implied clause; correlates with ‘he who’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (relative pronoun)

• अध्येति: recites / studies
• अध्येति: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (अधि+इ) ‘to go over, study, recite’

• ऋषिभिः: by/with the seers
• ऋषिभिः: Karaṇa (agent-instrument/association: ‘with/by the seers’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि-

• सम्भृतम्: collected, gathered
• सम्भृतम्: Karma (object qualifying रसाम्/रसः understood as neut. acc.)
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: सम्+√भृ ‘to bring together, collect’ > सम्भृत (PPP)

• रसम्: sap, juice (Soma-essence)
• रसम्: Karma (object of अध्येति: ‘(the) rasa’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस-

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna (recipient)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्- (demonstrative pronoun)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Kartā (subject of दुहे)
• Type: Noun (proper/deity)
• Root: सरस्वती-

• दुहे: milks, yields
• दुहे: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दुह् ‘to milk’

• क्षीरम्: milk
• क्षीरम्: Karma (what is milked/yielded)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर-

• सर्पिः: ghee
• सर्पिः: Karma (what is yielded)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्पिस्-

• मधूदकम्: honey-water / sweet water
• मधूदकम्: Karma (what is yielded)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: मधु- + उदक- (compound)