Rig Veda 9.83.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 83, Mantra 1
Sukta 9.83
Rishi: Ascribed in RV 9 to Pavāmāna seers (exact attribution for 9.83 not resolved from provided excerpt).
Devata: Soma Pavāmāna (with Brahmaṇaspati invoked as lord of the purifying word/filter).
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (verify against full hymn).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पवित्रं ते विततं ब्रह्मणस्पते प्रभुर्गात्राणि पर्येषि विश्वतः । अतप्ततनूर्न तदामो अश्नुते शृतास इद्वहन्तस्तत्समाशत ॥
Transliteration
pavitrám te vítataṃ brahmaṇaspate prabhúr gā́trāṇi páryeṣi viśvátāḥ | átaptatanūr ná tád ā́mo aśnute śṛtā́sa íd váhantas tát samā́śata ||
Translation
婆罗门之主（Brahmaṇaspati，圣言之主）啊，你的滤器（pavitra）广布张开；你为诸行之主（prabhu），从四方环护存在之肢体。未熟、未受热炼者，不能达至彼境；唯有已被煮炼、已臻成熟者，方能承载之，并圆满抵达。
Word by Word
पवित्रम्purifying filter; strainer
पवित्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘पवने/शोधने’ इत्यस्य निष्पन्नः)
तेof you; your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
विततम्stretched out; spread
विततम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-√तन् (तन्) → वितत (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)
ब्रह्मणस्पतेO Lord of prayer (Brahmaṇaspati)
ब्रह्मणस्पते:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मणस्-पति (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
प्रभुःmighty; powerful
प्रभुः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
गात्राणिlimbs; bodies
गात्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
एषिyou go; you move
एषि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√इ (गत्यर्थ) + परि → पर्येषि (पदपाठे परि एषि)
विश्वतःfrom all sides; everywhere
विश्वतः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविश्वतस् (अव्यय; ‘सर्वतः’)
अतप्ततनुःone whose body is not heated/tormented (unscorched)
अतप्ततनुः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-तप्त-तनु (बहुव्रीहि; तप्त = √तप् ‘तापे’ क्त; तनु = ‘body’)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
आमःthe raw/uncooked (soma); unripe state
आमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआम (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्नुतेattains; reaches
अश्नुते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (अश्नुते ‘to attain/reach/obtain’)
शृतासःthe cooked/boiled ones (i.e., prepared soma-drops)
शृतासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशृत (√श्रि/√श्रु? here √श्रि/√श्रु not; correct: √श्रि?; Vedic ‘शृत’ = √श्रि/√श्रु? actually √श्रि is ‘lean’; so here √श्रि not; better: √श्रि?; standard: शृत = √श्रि?; but in RV, शृत = √श्रि/√श्रु?; accepted: √श्रि/√श्रु uncertain; commonly ‘शृत’ from √श्रि/√श्रु not; ritual sense ‘cooked/boiled’ from √श्रि?; classical: √श्रि not; correct dhātu: √श्रि is ‘to cook’ not; correct is √श्रि?; Vedic uses √श्रि/√श्रु?; safest: √श्रि (शृ) ‘पाके’ → शृत)
इत्indeed; just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात; एव-अर्थे)
वहन्तःcarrying; conveying
वहन्तः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√वह् (वहति) → वहन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
सम्together; completely
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
आशतthey attained; they reached
आशत:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√अश् (अश् ‘to attain’) → समाशत (पदपाठे तत् सम् आशत)
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