Mantra 4
Sukta 9.19
Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seer tradition (RV 9).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with attendant nurturing powers implied as ‘Mothers’)
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अवावशन्त धीतयो वृषभस्याधि रेतसि । सूनोर्वत्सस्य मातरः ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
अवा॑वशन्त धी॒तयो॑ वृष॒भस्याधि॒ रेत॑सि । सू॒नोर्व॒त्सस्य॑ मा॒तर॑: ॥
Transliteration
avā́vaśanta dhītáyo vṛṣabhásyādhi rétasi | sūnór vatsásya mātáraḥ ||
Translation
The inspired thoughts have lowed in response over the Bull’s seed; the Mothers of the young calf (the nurturers of the new-born light) attend and foster it.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
अवा॑वशन्त । धी॒तयः॑ । वृ॒ष॒भस्य॑ । अधि॑ । रेत॑सि । सू॒नोः । व॒त्सस्य॑ । मा॒तरः॑ ॥अवावशन्त । धीतयः । वृषभस्य । अधि । रेतसि । सूनोः । वत्सस्य । मातरः ॥avāvaśanta | dhītayaḥ | vṛṣabhasya | adhi | retasi | sūnoḥ | vatsasya | mātaraḥ
Word by Word
अवा॑वशन्तthey desired / they longed for
अवा॑वशन्त:
Kartā (with subject = धी॒तयः)
TypeVerb
Root√वश् (वशँ) / अव-√वश्
धी॒तयःthe thoughts, inspirations
धी॒तयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधीति- (from √धी ‘to think/meditate’)
वृष॒भस्यof the bull (i.e., the potent one)
वृष॒भस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ-
अधि॒upon, in
अधि॒:
Adhikaraṇa (marks locus with locative)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअधि
रेत॑सिin the seed, in the semen
रेत॑सि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरेतस्-
सू॒नोःof the son
सू॒नोः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसूनु-
वत्सस्य॑of the calf
वत्सस्य॑:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स-
मा॒तरःmothers
मा॒तरः:
Kartā (understood; appositional/parallel nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ-