Rig Veda 9.97.48: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 48
Sukta 9.97
Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seers (generic)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (compared to Savitṛ)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; confirm by scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नू नस्त्वं रथिरो देव सोम परि स्रव चम्वोः पूयमानः । अप्सु स्वादिष्ठो मधुमाँ ऋतावा देवो न यः सविता सत्यमन्मा ॥
Transliteration
nū́ nás tvaṃ rathiró deva soma pári srava camvóḥ pūyámānaḥ | apsú svādiṣṭhó mádhumāṃ ṛtā́vā devó ná yáḥ savitā́ satyá-manmā ||
Translation
如今，为了我们，神圣的苏摩（Soma），善行于战车者，请环流四注，流入诸钵，净化你自身。于诸水中你最为甘美，满含蜜味之悦，通晓ṛta（宇宙正法、正序）；如同萨维特里（Savitṛ）——真实意志之神——你在我们之中唤醒真实之心念。
Word by Word
नूnow, indeed
नू:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनू (अव्यय)
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna (हित/सम्बन्ध) संदर्भे
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
रथिरःcharioteering, mounted on a chariot
रथिरः:
Kartā (त्वम्-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootरथि- (प्रातिपदिक) / रथिन्-
देवO god
देव:
—
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootदेव-
सोमO Soma
सोम:
—
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootसोम-
परिaround, all about
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्रवflow!
स्रव:
Kriyā (आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootस्रु (स्रवति)
चम्वोःof/at the two bowls (pressing-vessels)
चम्वोः:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थान/परिसर) संदर्भे
TypeNoun
Rootचमू-
पूयमानःbeing purified
पूयमानः:
Kartā (सोमस्य विशेषणम्; ‘being purified’)
TypeParticiple (present passive) / Adjective
Rootपू (पूयते) + शानच्
अप्सुin the waters
अप्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअप्-
स्वादिष्ठःsweetest, most delicious
स्वादिष्ठः:
Kartā (सोमस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वादु- (superlative: स्वादिष्ठ-)
मधुमान्honeyed, full of sweetness
मधुमान्:
Kartā (सोमस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootमधु- + मतुप् (मधुमत्)
ऋतावाpossessing ṛta (truth/order), righteous
ऋतावा:
Kartā (सोमस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतावन्-
देवःthe god
देवः:
Kartā (यः…)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
सविताSavitar (the impeller)
सविता:
Kartā (उपमान-सम्बन्धे)
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ-
सत्यमन्माof true thought/true-minded
सत्यमन्मा:
Kartā (सविता-विशेषणम्; ततः सोमस्य स्तुत्यर्थे)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्य- + मन्मन्- (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय समास)
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