Rig Veda 9.1.6

Addressed to: Soma

Group: Tirasci and Other Poets

Text (Devanagari)

9.1.6

पु॒नाति॑ ते परि॒स्रुतं॒ सोमं॒ सूर्य॑स्य दुहि॒ता

वारे॑ण॒ शश्व॑ता॒ तना॑

Text (Roman)

9.1.6

punā́ti te parisrútaṃ

sómaṃ sū́ryasya duhitā́

vā́reṇa śáśvatā tánā

Padapāṭha

9.1.6

punāti | te | parisrutam | somam

nominal stemSGMACC

from sóma-

soma : sóma m. (fr. √ 3. su) juice, extract, (esp.) the juice of the Soma plant, (also) the Soma plant itself (said to be the climbing plant Sarcostema Viminalis or Asclepias Acida, the stalks [aṃśu] of which were pressed between stones [adri] by the priests, then sprinkled with water, and purified in a strainer [pavitra]; whence the acid juice trinkled into jars [kalaśa] or larger vessels [droṇa]; after which it was mixed with clarified butter, flour &c., made to ferment, and then offered in libations to the gods [in this respect corresponding with the ritual of the Iranian Avesta] or was drunk by the Brāhmans, by both of whom its exhilarating effect was supposed to be prized; it was collected by moonlight on certain mountains [in [RV. x, 34, 1], the mountain Mūja-vat is mentioned]; it is sometimes described as having been brought from the sky by a falcon [śyena] and guarded by the Gandharvas; it is personified as one of the most important of Vedic gods, to whose praise all the 114 hymns of the 9th book of the [RV.] besides 6 in other books and the whole, [SV.] are dedicated; in post-Vedic mythology and even in a few of the latest hymns of the [RV.] [although not in the whole of the 9th book] as well as sometimes in the [AV.] and in the [Br.], Soma is identified with the moon [as the receptacle of the other beverage of the gods called Amṛta, or as the lord of plants, cf. indu, oṣadhi-pati] and with the god of the moon, as well as with Viṣṇu, Śiva, Yama, and Kubera; he is called rājan, and appears among the 8 Vasus and the 8 Loka-pālas [[Mn. v, 96]], and is the reputed author of [RV. x, 124, 1], [5]-[9], of a law-book &c.; cf. below), [RV.] &c. &c.

soma : the moon or moon-god (see above)

soma : a Soma sacrifice, [AitĀr.]

soma : a day destined for extracting the Soma-juice, [ĀśvŚr.]

soma : Monday (= soma-vāra), [Inscr.]

soma : nectar, [L.]

soma : camphor, [L.]

soma : air, wind, [L.]

soma : water, [L.]

soma : a drug of supposed magical properties, [W.]

soma : a partic. mountain or mountainous range (accord. to some the mountains of the moon), [ib.]

soma : a partic. class of Pitṛs (prob. for soma-pā), [ib.]

soma : N. of various authors (also with paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa, śarman &c.; cf. above), [Cat.]

soma : = somacandra, or somendu, [HPariś.]

soma : N. of a monkey-chief, [L.]

soma : sóma (am), n. rice-water, rice-gruel, [L.]

soma : heaven, sky, ether, [L.]

soma : sóma mfn. relating to Soma (prob. w.r. for sauma), [Kāṭh.]

soma : mfn. (prob.) together with Umā, [IndSt.]

🔎 sómam 🔎 sóma-

nominal stemSGFINS

from tán-

tanā : tánā ind. (tánā, once , [x, 93, 12]) instr. in uninterrupted succession, one after another, continually, [RV. i, 3]; [38]; [77]; [ii, 2, 1]; [viii ff.]

tanā : tánā f. sg. or Ved. n. pl. id., [RV. iii, 25, 1] and [27, 9]; [ix, 62, 2.]

tan : in comp. for tád.

tan : cl. 1. 10. °nati, tānayati, to believe in [Dhātup.]; ‘to assist’ or ‘to afflict with pain’, [ib.]

tan : (= √ stan) cl. 4. °nyati (aor. 2. sg. tatanas) to resound, roar, [RV. i, 38, 14]; [vi, 38, 2]; [cf. τόνος &c.]

tan : cl. 8. P. Ā. °nóti, °nuté (3. pl. °nváte [ā́- and vi-tanvaté, [RV.]] [AV. xii, 1, 13]; Impv. °nu [áva and ví-tanuhi, [RV.]; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 106], Vārtt. 1, [Pat.]] [RV. i, 120, 11]; °nuṣva, [RV.]; Subj. 2. sg. °nuthās, [v, 79, 9]; 1. du. °navāvahai, [i, 170, 4]; impf. 3. pl. átanvata, [x, 90, 6]; [AV. vii, 5, 4]; pf. P. tatā́na, once tāt°, [RV. i, 105, 12]; 2. sg. tatántha [[RV.]], class. tenitha [[Pāṇ. vii, 2, 64], [Kāś.]]; Ā. 1. 2. 3. sg. [ā́-] tatane, [abhí-]tatniṣe, [ví-]tatne, [RV.]; 3. sg. irr. tate, [i, 83, 5]; 3. pl. tatniré [[164, 5] ví-, [AV. xiv, 1, 45]] or ten° [[iv, 14, 4] (vi-) &c.; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 99]]; aor. P. átan, [RV. vi, 61, 9]; [ā́-]atān, [67, 6]; [AV. ix, 4, 1]; [pári-, ví-] atanat, [RV.]; [anv-ā́] atāṃsīt, [VS. xv, 53]; atānīt, [MaitrS.]; tatánat, [abhí-]°tánāma, °tánan, [RV.]; 2. pl. ataniṣṭa, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 79], [Kāś.]; 3. du. atāniṣṭām, [Bhaṭṭ. xv, 91]; Ā. atata or ataniṣṭa, atathās or ataniṣṭhās, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 79]; 3. pl. átnata, [RV.]; tatánanta, [i, 52, 11]; 1. sg. atasi pl. ataṃsmahi, [Br.]; fut. 2nd taṃsyáte, [ŚBr.]; fut. 1st [vi-]tāyitā, [BhP. viii, 13, 36]; p. pr. tanvát, °vāná; pf. tatanvás; ind.p. tatvā, °tvā́ya, -tátya, [Br.]; [vi-] tāya, [BhP. vii, 10, 2]; inf. tantum, [Br.]; Pass. tāyáte, [RV. i, 110, 1] & [p. °yámāna] [x, 17, 7]; [AV.] &c.; tanyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 44]; aor. atāyi, [Br.]) to extend, spread, be diffused (as light) over, shine, extend towards, reach to, [RV.] &c.; to be protracted, continue, endure, [RV.]; to stretch (a cord), extend or bend (a bow), spread, spin out, weave, [RV.] &c.; to emboss, [ŚBr. xiv, 7, 2, 5]; to prepare (a way for), [RV. i, 83, 5]; to direct (one's way, gatim) towards, [Nalod. i, 20]; to propagate (one's self or one's family, tanūs, tantum), [Hariv. 2386]; [BhP. ii, 3, 8]; to (spread i.e. to) speak (words), [Daś. i, 87]; to protract, [RV. v, 79, 9]; [Kathās. li, 226]; to put forth, show, manifest, display, augment, [Ragh. iii, 25]; [Śak.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c. (Pass. to be put forth or extended, increase, [Bhaṭṭ.]); to accomplish, perform (a ceremony), [RV.]; [VS. ii, 13]; [AV. iv, 15, 16]; [ŚBr.] &c.; to sacrifice, [xiii, 2, 5, 2]; [Kauś. 127]; to compose (a literary work), [Hemac.]; [Caurap.], Sch.; to render (any one thirsty, double acc.), [Kuval. 455] : Desid. titaniṣati, °taṃsati, °tāṃs°, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 17]; [vii, 2, 49], [Kāś.]: Intens. tantanyate, tantanīti, [vi, 4, 44] & [vii, 4, 85], [Kāś.]; [cf. τάνομαι, τείνω &c.]

tan : tán m. (only dat., táne and instr. tánā) continuation, uninterrupted succession, [RV.]

tan : propagation, offspring, posterity, [RV.] [tanvā tánā ca or tmánā tānā or tanve táne (ca), ‘for one's own person and one's children’]

🔎 tánā 🔎 tán-

Monier-Williams dictionary from Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon

English Translation by Griffith

9.1.6

By means of this eternal fleece may Sûrya's Daughter purify Thy Soma that is foaming forth.

Grammatical analysis

Source index	Surface	Lemma	Information
9.1.6	punā́ti 🔎 punā́ti	√pū- pū : cl. 9. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxxi, 12]) punā́ti, punīté (3. pl. Ā. punáte, [AV.], punaté, [RV.]; 2. sg. Impv. P. punīhi, [RV.] &c., punāhí, [SV.]); cl. 1. Ā. ([xxii, 70]) pávate (of P. only Impv. -pava, [RV. ix, 19, 3], and p. gen. pl. pavatām, [Bhag. x, 31]; p. Ā. punāná below, pávamāna See p. 610, col. 3; 1. sg. Ā. punīṣe, [RV. vii, 85, 1]; pf. pupuvuḥ, °ve, [Br.]; apupot, [RV. iii, 26, 8]; aor. apāviṣuḥ Subj. apaviṣṭa, [RV.]; fut. paviṣyati, pavitā Gr.; ind.p. pūtvā́, [AV.]; pūtvī́, [RV.]; pavitvā Gr.; -pū́ya and -pāvam, [Br.] &c.; inf. pavitum, [Br.]), to make clean or clear or pure or bright, cleanse, purify, purge, clarify, illustrate, illume (with sáktum, ‘to cleanse from chaff, winnow’; with krátum or manīṣā́m, ‘to enlighten the understanding’; with hiraṇyam, ‘to wash gold’), [RV.] &c. &c.; (met.) to sift, discriminate, discern; to think of or out, invent, compose (as a hymn), [RV.]; [AV.]; (Ā. pávate) to purify one's self, be or become clear or bright; (esp.) to flow off clearly (said of the Soma), [RV.]; to expiate, atone for, [ib.] [vii, 28, 4]; to pass so as to purify; to purify in passing or pervading, ventilate, [RV.] &c. (cf. √ pav) : Pass. pūyáte, to be cleaned or washed or purified; to be freed or delivered from (abl.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. paváyati or pāvayati (ep. also °te; aor. apīpavat Gr.; Pass. pāvyate, [Kāv.]), to cleanse, purify, [TS.]; [Br.]; &c. : Desid., pupūṣati, pipaviṣate Gr.: Desid. of Caus. pipāvayiṣati Gr. pū : [cf. Gk. πῦρ; Umbr. pir; Germ. Feuer; Eng. fire.] pū : mfn. cleansing, purifying (ifc.; cf. anna-, uda-, ghṛta- &c.) pū : mfn. (√ 1. pā) drinking (see agre-pū́). 🔎 √pū-	rootSGPRSACT3IND
9.1.6	te 🔎 te	tvám 🔎 tvám	pronounSGGEN
9.1.6	parisrútam 🔎 parisrútam	parisrút- parisrut : pari-srút mfn. flowing round or over, foaming, fermenting, [RV.] parisrut : pari-srút f. a kind of intoxicating liquor prepared from herbs, [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] (°srún-mat mfn. possessing it, [ŚBr.]) parisrut : dropping, flowing, [W.] 🔎 parisrút-	nominal stemSGMACC
9.1.6	sómam 🔎 sómam	sóma- soma : sóma m. (fr. √ 3. su) juice, extract, (esp.) the juice of the Soma plant, (also) the Soma plant itself (said to be the climbing plant Sarcostema Viminalis or Asclepias Acida, the stalks [aṃśu] of which were pressed between stones [adri] by the priests, then sprinkled with water, and purified in a strainer [pavitra]; whence the acid juice trinkled into jars [kalaśa] or larger vessels [droṇa]; after which it was mixed with clarified butter, flour &c., made to ferment, and then offered in libations to the gods [in this respect corresponding with the ritual of the Iranian Avesta] or was drunk by the Brāhmans, by both of whom its exhilarating effect was supposed to be prized; it was collected by moonlight on certain mountains [in [RV. x, 34, 1], the mountain Mūja-vat is mentioned]; it is sometimes described as having been brought from the sky by a falcon [śyena] and guarded by the Gandharvas; it is personified as one of the most important of Vedic gods, to whose praise all the 114 hymns of the 9th book of the [RV.] besides 6 in other books and the whole, [SV.] are dedicated; in post-Vedic mythology and even in a few of the latest hymns of the [RV.] [although not in the whole of the 9th book] as well as sometimes in the [AV.] and in the [Br.], Soma is identified with the moon [as the receptacle of the other beverage of the gods called Amṛta, or as the lord of plants, cf. indu, oṣadhi-pati] and with the god of the moon, as well as with Viṣṇu, Śiva, Yama, and Kubera; he is called rājan, and appears among the 8 Vasus and the 8 Loka-pālas [[Mn. v, 96]], and is the reputed author of [RV. x, 124, 1], [5]-[9], of a law-book &c.; cf. below), [RV.] &c. &c. soma : the moon or moon-god (see above) soma : a Soma sacrifice, [AitĀr.] soma : a day destined for extracting the Soma-juice, [ĀśvŚr.] soma : Monday (= soma-vāra), [Inscr.] soma : nectar, [L.] soma : camphor, [L.] soma : air, wind, [L.] soma : water, [L.] soma : a drug of supposed magical properties, [W.] soma : a partic. mountain or mountainous range (accord. to some the mountains of the moon), [ib.] soma : a partic. class of Pitṛs (prob. for soma-pā), [ib.] soma : N. of various authors (also with paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa, śarman &c.; cf. above), [Cat.] soma : = somacandra, or somendu, [HPariś.] soma : N. of a monkey-chief, [L.] soma : sóma (am), n. rice-water, rice-gruel, [L.] soma : heaven, sky, ether, [L.] soma : sóma mfn. relating to Soma (prob. w.r. for sauma), [Kāṭh.] soma : mfn. (prob.) together with Umā, [IndSt.] 🔎 sóma-	nominal stemSGMACC
9.1.6	sū́ryasya 🔎 sū́ryasya	sū́rya- sūrya : sū́rya m. the sun or its deity (in the Veda the name Sūrya is generally distinguished from Savitṛ [q.v.], and denotes the most concrete of the solar gods, whose connection with the luminary is always present to the poet's mind ; in [Nir. vii, 5] he is regarded as one of the original Vedic triad, his place being in the sky, while that of Agni is on the earth, and that of Indra is in the atmosphere; ten hymns in the [RV.] are entirely in praise of Sūrya, e.g. [i, 50], [i, 115] &c., also, [AV. xiii, 2]; he moves through the sky in a chariot drawn by seven ruddy horses or mares [see saptāśva, harit, harid-aśva]; in the later mythology Sūrya is identified with Savitṛ as one of the 12 Ādityas or emblems of the Sun in the 12 months of the year, and his seven-horsed chariot is said to be driven by Aruṇa or the Dawn as its charioteer, who is represented without legs; the Sun, whether named Sūrya or Vivasvat, has several wives See sūryā below), [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. [IW. 11]; [16] &c.; [RTL. 341]) sūrya : a symbolical expression for the number ‘twelve’ (in allusion to the sun in the 12 signs of the zodiac), [Jyot.]; [Hcat.] sūrya : the swallow-wort (either Calotropis or Asclepias Gigantea, = arka), [L.] sūrya : N. of the son of Bali, [L.] sūrya : of a Dānava, [VahniP.] sūrya : of an astronomer (= sūrya-dāsa), [Cat.] sūrya : epithet of Śiva, [MBh.] sūrya : sū́rya mfn. solar (perhaps w.r. for saurya), [Jyot.][For cognate words See under 2. svár.] sūrya : &c. See p. 1243, col. 1. 🔎 sū́rya-	nominal stemSGMGEN
9.1.6	duhitā́ 🔎 duhitā́	duhitár- 🔎 duhitár-	nominal stemSGFNOM
9.1.6	vā́reṇa 🔎 vā́reṇa	vā́ra- 1 vāra : vā́ra m. (earlier form of vāla, q.v.) the hair of any animal's tail (esp. of a horse's tail, = οὐρά), [RV.] vāra : vā́ra m. n. sg. and pl. a hair-sieve, [ib.] vāra : m. (fr. √ 1. vṛ) keeping back, restraining (also mfn. ifc. = difficult to be restrained, [TBr.]; cf. dur-v°) vāra : anything which covers or surrounds or restrains, a cover, [MW.] vāra : anything which causes an obstruction, a gate, door-way, [W.] vāra : anything enclosed or circumscribed in space or time, esp. an appointed place (e.g. sva-vāraṃ samā-√ sthā, to occupy one's proper place), [R.] vāra : the time fixed or appointed for anything (accord. to some fr. √ 2. vṛ, to choose), a person's turn, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (often, esp. with numerals, = times, e.g. varāṃs trīn or vara-trayam, three times; bhūribhir vāraiḥ or bhūri-vārān or bahu-vāram or vāraṃ vāram or vāraṃ vāreṇa, many times, often, repeatedly) vāra : the turn of a day (under the regency of a planet), a day of the week (they are Āditya-, Soma-, Maṅgala-, Budha-, Guru-, Śukra-, and Śani-vāra; cf. [IW. 178 n. 1]), [Gaṇit.]; [Yājñ.], Sch.; [Kāv.] &c. (cf. dina and divasa-v°) vāra : a moment, occasion, opportunity, [W.] vāra : a multitude, quantity (see bāṇa-v°) vāra : an arrow, [L.] vāra : Achyranthes Aspera, [L.] vāra : N. of Śiva, [L.] vāra : n. a vessel for holding spirituous liquor, [L.] vāra : a partic. artificial poison, [L.] vāra : vā́ra m. (fr. √ 2. vṛ) choice (see vāre-vṛta) vāra : anything chosen or choice or exquisite, goods, treasure, [RV.] (often ifc.; cf. aśasta-, ṛdhad-, dāti-v° &c.) vāra : N. of a poet, [Cat.] 🔎 vā́ra- 1	nominal stemSGINS
9.1.6	śáśvatā 🔎 śáśvatā	śáśvant- 🔎 śáśvant-	nominal stemSGFINS
9.1.6	tánā tanā : tánā ind. (tánā, once , [x, 93, 12]) instr. in uninterrupted succession, one after another, continually, [RV. i, 3]; [38]; [77]; [ii, 2, 1]; [viii ff.] tanā : tánā f. sg. or Ved. n. pl. id., [RV. iii, 25, 1] and [27, 9]; [ix, 62, 2.] 🔎 tánā	tán- tan : in comp. for tád. tan : cl. 1. 10. °nati, tānayati, to believe in [Dhātup.]; ‘to assist’ or ‘to afflict with pain’, [ib.] tan : (= √ stan) cl. 4. °nyati (aor. 2. sg. tatanas) to resound, roar, [RV. i, 38, 14]; [vi, 38, 2]; [cf. τόνος &c.] tan : cl. 8. P. Ā. °nóti, °nuté (3. pl. °nváte [ā́- and vi-tanvaté, [RV.]] [AV. xii, 1, 13]; Impv. °nu [áva and ví-tanuhi, [RV.]; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 106], Vārtt. 1, [Pat.]] [RV. i, 120, 11]; °nuṣva, [RV.]; Subj. 2. sg. °nuthās, [v, 79, 9]; 1. du. °navāvahai, [i, 170, 4]; impf. 3. pl. átanvata, [x, 90, 6]; [AV. vii, 5, 4]; pf. P. tatā́na, once tāt°, [RV. i, 105, 12]; 2. sg. tatántha [[RV.]], class. tenitha [[Pāṇ. vii, 2, 64], [Kāś.]]; Ā. 1. 2. 3. sg. [ā́-] tatane, [abhí-]tatniṣe, [ví-]tatne, [RV.]; 3. sg. irr. tate, [i, 83, 5]; 3. pl. tatniré [[164, 5] ví-, [AV. xiv, 1, 45]] or ten° [[iv, 14, 4] (vi-) &c.; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 99]]; aor. P. átan, [RV. vi, 61, 9]; [ā́-]atān, [67, 6]; [AV. ix, 4, 1]; [pári-, ví-] atanat, [RV.]; [anv-ā́] atāṃsīt, [VS. xv, 53]; atānīt, [MaitrS.]; tatánat, [abhí-]°tánāma, °tánan, [RV.]; 2. pl. ataniṣṭa, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 79], [Kāś.]; 3. du. atāniṣṭām, [Bhaṭṭ. xv, 91]; Ā. atata or ataniṣṭa, atathās or ataniṣṭhās, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 79]; 3. pl. átnata, [RV.]; tatánanta, [i, 52, 11]; 1. sg. atasi pl. ataṃsmahi, [Br.]; fut. 2nd taṃsyáte, [ŚBr.]; fut. 1st [vi-]tāyitā, [BhP. viii, 13, 36]; p. pr. tanvát, °vāná; pf. tatanvás; ind.p. tatvā, °tvā́ya, -tátya, [Br.]; [vi-] tāya, [BhP. vii, 10, 2]; inf. tantum, [Br.]; Pass. tāyáte, [RV. i, 110, 1] & [p. °yámāna] [x, 17, 7]; [AV.] &c.; tanyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 44]; aor. atāyi, [Br.]) to extend, spread, be diffused (as light) over, shine, extend towards, reach to, [RV.] &c.; to be protracted, continue, endure, [RV.]; to stretch (a cord), extend or bend (a bow), spread, spin out, weave, [RV.] &c.; to emboss, [ŚBr. xiv, 7, 2, 5]; to prepare (a way for), [RV. i, 83, 5]; to direct (one's way, gatim) towards, [Nalod. i, 20]; to propagate (one's self or one's family, tanūs, tantum), [Hariv. 2386]; [BhP. ii, 3, 8]; to (spread i.e. to) speak (words), [Daś. i, 87]; to protract, [RV. v, 79, 9]; [Kathās. li, 226]; to put forth, show, manifest, display, augment, [Ragh. iii, 25]; [Śak.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c. (Pass. to be put forth or extended, increase, [Bhaṭṭ.]); to accomplish, perform (a ceremony), [RV.]; [VS. ii, 13]; [AV. iv, 15, 16]; [ŚBr.] &c.; to sacrifice, [xiii, 2, 5, 2]; [Kauś. 127]; to compose (a literary work), [Hemac.]; [Caurap.], Sch.; to render (any one thirsty, double acc.), [Kuval. 455] : Desid. titaniṣati, °taṃsati, °tāṃs°, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 17]; [vii, 2, 49], [Kāś.]: Intens. tantanyate, tantanīti, [vi, 4, 44] & [vii, 4, 85], [Kāś.]; [cf. τάνομαι, τείνω &c.] tan : tán m. (only dat., táne and instr. tánā) continuation, uninterrupted succession, [RV.] tan : propagation, offspring, posterity, [RV.] [tanvā tánā ca or tmánā tānā or tanve táne (ca), ‘for one's own person and one's children’] 🔎 tán-	nominal stemSGFINS

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