Rig Veda 9.64.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 64, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.64

Rishi: Soma Pavamāna seer-tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for RV 9 varies; hymn belongs to Pavāmāna corpus).

Devata: Soma Pavamāna.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (needs metrical verification).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वृष्णस्ते वृष्ण्यं शवो वृषा वनं वृषा मदः । सत्यं वृषन्वृषेदसि ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.64.2

Transliteration

vṛ́ṣṇas te vṛ́ṣṇyaṃ śávo vṛ́ṣā vánaṃ vṛ́ṣā mádaḥ | satyáṃ vṛṣan vṛ́ṣā íd asi ||

Translation

Thy strength is the strength of the Bull; thy force is a bull’s victorious delight, thy ecstasy a bull’s outpouring. O Bull, thou art indeed the Truth in its puissant affirmation.

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• वृष्णः: of the bull/strong one (i.e., of you)
• वृष्णः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bull, strong one’)

• ते: of you/thy
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृष्ण्यम्: bull-like might; virile power
• वृष्ण्यम्: कर्म (as object of implied ‘is/exists’ or apposition)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वृष्ण्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bull-like, virile, mighty’)

• शवः: strength, power
• शवः: कर्म/विषय (appositional: ‘power’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘strength, power’)

• वृषा: the bull; the strong one
• वृषा: कर्तृ (as subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bull, strong one’)

• वनम्: wood/forest; (contextually) a place of delight
• वनम्: कर्म/विषय (appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wood, forest’; in Vedic also ‘delight/pleasure’ in some contexts)

• वृषा: the bull; the strong one
• वृषा: कर्तृ (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषन्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदः: rapture; exhilaration (intoxicating joy)
• मदः: कर्तृ/विषय (predicate/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘intoxication, exhilaration, rapture’)

• सत्यम्: truth; the true (thing)
• सत्यम्: कर्म/विषय (predicate/apposition)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सत्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘true, real’)

• वृषन्: O bull! O strong one!
• वृषन्: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (address)
• Root: वृषन्- (प्रातिपदिक; vocative)

• वृषेदसि: you rain/stream forth refreshment; you invigorate (as the bull of refreshment)
• वृषेदसि: क्रिया (addressed to Soma)
• Type: Verb (finite)
• Root: वृष- (धातु ‘to rain/strengthen’; here as verbal base in a Vedic compound-verb form) + इदस्/इद् (प्रातिपदिक ‘refreshment/impulse’, in the compound ‘वृष-इदस्’)

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