Mantra 9
Sukta 6.53
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition
Devata: Pūṣan
Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (probable; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
या ते अष्ट्रा गोपशाघृणे पशुसाधनी । तस्यास्ते सुम्नमीमहे ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
या ते॒ अष्ट्रा॒ गो॑प॒शाघृ॑णे पशु॒साध॑नी । तस्या॑स्ते सु॒म्नमी॑महे ॥
Transliteration
yā́ te áṣṭrā gṓpaśā́ghṛṇe paśu-sā́dhanī | tásyās te sumnám īmahe ||
Translation
That goad of yours, O radiant Pūṣan, which guards the herds and accomplishes the gaining of living powers—of that we seek your grace and happy protection.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
या । ते॒ । अष्ट्रा॑ । गोऽओ॑पशा । आघृ॑णे । प॒शु॒ऽसाध॑नी । तस्याः॑ । ते॒ । सु॒म्नम् । ई॒म॒हे॒ ॥या । ते । अष्ट्रा । गोओपशा । आघृणे । पशुसाधनी । तस्याः । ते । सुम्नम् । ईमहे ॥yā | te | aṣṭrā | go--opaśā | āghṛṇe | paśu-sādhanī | tasyāḥ | te | sumnam | īmahe
Word by Word
याwhich (she/that)
या:
Kartā (relative subject of implied clause)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
तेyour / of you
ते:
Sambandha (genitive: ‘of you/your’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
अष्ट्राweapons, implements
अष्ट्रा:
Karma (things employed/possessed; ‘weapons/implements’)
TypeNoun
Rootअष्ट्रा (prātipadika; Vedic weapon/implement term)
गोपशाcow-securing / cow-snaring
गोपशा:
Karma (qualifier of ‘weapons/means’)
TypeAdjective
Rootगो-पशा (tatpuruṣa/bahuvrīhi prātipadika: ‘cow-snaring/cow-protecting’)
अघृणेO pitiless one
अघृणे:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootअ-घृणि (prātipadika; vocative of ‘without pity/without heat of compassion’)
पशुसाधनीcattle-winning / cattle-accomplishing
पशुसाधनी:
Kartā (predicate/attribute of ‘या’)
TypeAdjective
Rootपशु-साधनी (prātipadika; ‘accomplishing/bringing about cattle’)
तस्याःof that (her/that)
तस्याः:
Apādāna (ablatival-genitive sense: ‘from/through that’), or Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
तेto you / for you
ते:
Sampradāna (recipient)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
सुम्नम्favor, grace
सुम्नम्:
Karma (object of ईमहे)
TypeNoun
Rootसुम्न (prātipadika)
ईमहेwe seek / we request
ईमहे:
Kriyā (main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootईम्/इ (Vedic: desiderative/precative-like ‘to seek, to ask’; here finite middle)