Rig Veda 9.108.1

Addressed to: Soma

Group: The Pragatha Group

Text (Devanagari)

9.108.1

पव॑स्व॒ मधु॑मत्तम॒ इन्द्रा॑य सोम क्रतु॒वित्त॑मो॒ मदः॑

महि॑ द्यु॒क्षत॑मो॒ मदः॑

Text (Roman)

9.108.1

pávasva mádhumattamaḥ

índrāya soma kratuvíttamo mádaḥ

máhi dyukṣátamo mádaḥ

Padapāṭha

9.108.1

pavasva | madhumattamaḥ | indrāya

nominal stemSGMDAT

from índra-

indra : índra m. (for etym. as given by native authorities See [Nir. x, 8]; [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 3, 4]; [Uṇ. ii, 28]; according to [BRD.] fr. in = √ inv with suff. ra preceded by inserted d, meaning ‘to subdue, conquer’ ; according to [Muir, S. T. v, 119], for sindra fr. √ syand, ‘to drop’; more probably from √ ind, ‘to drop’ q.v., and connected with indu above), the god of the atmosphere and sky

indra : the Indian Jupiter Pluvius or lord of rain (who in Vedic mythology reigns over the deities of the intermediate region or atmosphere; he fights against and conquers with his thunder-bolt [vajra] the demons of darkness, and is in general a symbol of generous heroism; was not originally lord of the gods of the sky, but his deeds were most useful to mankind, and he was therefore addressed in prayers and hymns more than any other deity, and ultimately superseded the more lofty and spiritual Varuṇa; in the later mythology is subordinated to the triad Brahman, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but remained the chief of all other deities in the popular mind), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. &c.

indra : (he is also regent of the east quarter, and considered one of the twelve Ādityas), [Mn.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] &c.

indra : in the Vedānta he is identified with the supreme being

indra : a prince

indra : ifc. best, excellent, the first, the chief (of any class of objects; cf. surendra, rājendra, parvatendra, &c.), [Mn.]; [Hit.]

indra : the pupil of the right eye (that of the left being called Indrāṇī or Indra's wife), [ŚBr.]; [BṛĀrUp.]

indra : the number fourteen, [Sūryas.]

indra : N. of a grammarian

indra : of a physician

indra : the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica (see kuṭaja), [L.]

indra : a vegetable poison, [L.]

indra : the twenty-sixth Yoga or division of a circle on the plane of the ecliptic

indra : the Yoga star in the twenty-sixth Nakṣatra, γ Pegasi

indra : the human soul, the portion of spirit residing in the body

indra : night, [L.]

indra : one of the nine divisions of Jambu-dvīpa or the known continent, [L.]

🔎 índrāya 🔎 índra-

| soma

nominal stemSGMVOC

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.]

🔎 soma

Monier-Williams dictionary from Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon

English Translation by Griffith

9.108.1

FOR Indra, flow thou Soma on, as gladdening juice most sweet, intelligent, Great, cheering, dwelling most in heaven.

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Grammatical analysis

Source index	Surface	Lemma	Information
9.108.1	pávasva 🔎 pávasva	√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-	rootSGPRSMED2IMP
9.108.1	mádhumattamaḥ 🔎 mádhumattamaḥ	mádhumattama- madhumattama : madhu—mat—tama mfn. 🔎 mádhumattama-	nominal stemSGMNOMdegree:SUP
9.108.1	índrāya 🔎 índrāya	índra- indra : índra m. (for etym. as given by native authorities See [Nir. x, 8]; [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 3, 4]; [Uṇ. ii, 28]; according to [BRD.] fr. in = √ inv with suff. ra preceded by inserted d, meaning ‘to subdue, conquer’ ; according to [Muir, S. T. v, 119], for sindra fr. √ syand, ‘to drop’; more probably from √ ind, ‘to drop’ q.v., and connected with indu above), the god of the atmosphere and sky indra : the Indian Jupiter Pluvius or lord of rain (who in Vedic mythology reigns over the deities of the intermediate region or atmosphere; he fights against and conquers with his thunder-bolt [vajra] the demons of darkness, and is in general a symbol of generous heroism; was not originally lord of the gods of the sky, but his deeds were most useful to mankind, and he was therefore addressed in prayers and hymns more than any other deity, and ultimately superseded the more lofty and spiritual Varuṇa; in the later mythology is subordinated to the triad Brahman, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but remained the chief of all other deities in the popular mind), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. &c. indra : (he is also regent of the east quarter, and considered one of the twelve Ādityas), [Mn.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] &c. indra : in the Vedānta he is identified with the supreme being indra : a prince indra : ifc. best, excellent, the first, the chief (of any class of objects; cf. surendra, rājendra, parvatendra, &c.), [Mn.]; [Hit.] indra : the pupil of the right eye (that of the left being called Indrāṇī or Indra's wife), [ŚBr.]; [BṛĀrUp.] indra : the number fourteen, [Sūryas.] indra : N. of a grammarian indra : of a physician indra : the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica (see kuṭaja), [L.] indra : a vegetable poison, [L.] indra : the twenty-sixth Yoga or division of a circle on the plane of the ecliptic indra : the Yoga star in the twenty-sixth Nakṣatra, γ Pegasi indra : the human soul, the portion of spirit residing in the body indra : night, [L.] indra : one of the nine divisions of Jambu-dvīpa or the known continent, [L.] 🔎 índra-	nominal stemSGMDAT
9.108.1	soma 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.] 🔎 soma	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 stemSGMVOC
9.108.1	kratuvíttamaḥ 🔎 kratuvíttamaḥ	kratuvíttama- 🔎 kratuvíttama-	nominal stemSGMNOMdegree:SUP
9.108.1	mádaḥ 🔎 mádaḥ	máda- mada : máda m. hilarity, rapture, excitement, inspiration, intoxication, [RV.] &c. &c. mada : (du. with madasya N. of 2 Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]) mada : ardent passion for (comp.), [MBh.] mada : (ifc. f. ā) sexual desire or enjoyment, wantonness, lust, ruttishness, rut (esp. of an elephant), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. mada : pride, arrogance, presumption, conceit of or about (gen. or comp.), [ib.] mada : any exhilarating or intoxicating drink, spirituous liquor, wine, Soma, [RV.] &c. &c., mada : honey, [Ragh.] mada : the fluid or juice that exudes from a rutting elephant's temples, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. mada : semen virile, [L.] mada : musk, [L.] mada : any beautiful object, [L.] mada : a river, [L.] mada : N. of the 7th astrol. mansion, [Var.] mada : Intoxication or Insanity personified (as a monster created by Cyavana), [MBh.] mada : N. of a son of Brahmā, [VP.] mada : of a Dānava, [Hariv.] mada : of a servant of Śiva, [BhP.] mada : máda n. N. of 2 Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.] 🔎 máda-	nominal stemSGMNOM
9.108.1	máhi mahi : máhi mfn. (only nom. acc. sg. n.) = mahát, great, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] mahi : máhi ind. greatly, very, exceedingly, much, [ib.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] mahi : máhi m. n. greatness, [BhP.] mahi : máhi m. = mahat, intellect, [ib.] mahi : máhi f. = 1. mahī́, the earth, [L.] (in comp. not always separable from 1. mahín, q.v.) mahi : in comp. for mahī. mahi : in comp. for 2. mahin. mahi : mahi-keru &c. See p. 802, col. 3. 🔎 máhi	máh- mah : (orig. magh; cf. also √ maṃh) cl. 1. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 81]; [xxxv, 15]) mahati, maháyati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. mahate, °háyate; p. mahát, q.v.; pf. mamāha Gr.; māmahé; Subj. māmahanta, māmahas, [RV.]; aor. amahīt Gr.; fut. mahitā, mahiṣyati, [ib.]; ind.p. mahitvā, [MBh.]; inf. mahe, and maháye, q.v.) to elate, gladden, exalt, arouse, excite, [RV.]; [Br.]; [Kauś.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.]; to magnify, esteem highly, honour, revere, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (Ā.) to rejoice, delight in (instr. or acc.), [RV. iii, 52, 6]; [vi, 15, 2]; to give, bestow, [ib.] [i, 94, 6]; [117, 17]; [v, 27, 1] &c. mah : [cf. Gk. μέγ-ας; Lat. magnus, mactus; Old Germ. michel; Eng. mickle, much.] mah : máh mf(I/ or = m.)n. great, strong, powerful mighty, abundant, [RV.]; [VS.] mah : (with pitṛ or mātṛ) old, aged, [RV. i, 71, 5]; [v, 41, 15] &c. 🔎 máh-	nominal stemSGNACC
9.108.1	dyukṣátamaḥ 🔎 dyukṣátamaḥ	dyukṣátama- 🔎 dyukṣátama-	nominal stemSGMNOMdegree:SUP
9.108.1	mádaḥ 🔎 mádaḥ	máda- mada : máda m. hilarity, rapture, excitement, inspiration, intoxication, [RV.] &c. &c. mada : (du. with madasya N. of 2 Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]) mada : ardent passion for (comp.), [MBh.] mada : (ifc. f. ā) sexual desire or enjoyment, wantonness, lust, ruttishness, rut (esp. of an elephant), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. mada : pride, arrogance, presumption, conceit of or about (gen. or comp.), [ib.] mada : any exhilarating or intoxicating drink, spirituous liquor, wine, Soma, [RV.] &c. &c., mada : honey, [Ragh.] mada : the fluid or juice that exudes from a rutting elephant's temples, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. mada : semen virile, [L.] mada : musk, [L.] mada : any beautiful object, [L.] mada : a river, [L.] mada : N. of the 7th astrol. mansion, [Var.] mada : Intoxication or Insanity personified (as a monster created by Cyavana), [MBh.] mada : N. of a son of Brahmā, [VP.] mada : of a Dānava, [Hariv.] mada : of a servant of Śiva, [BhP.] mada : máda n. N. of 2 Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.] 🔎 máda-	nominal stemSGMNOM

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