Rig Veda 6.53.9 — Mandala 6, Sukta 53, 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 ॥

Transliteration

yā́ te áṣṭrā gṓpaśā́ghṛṇe paśu-sā́dhanī | tásyās te sumnám īmahe ||

Translation

Ese aguijón es tuyo, oh Pūṣan resplandeciente, que guarda los rebaños y cumple la obtención de las fuerzas vitales—por él buscamos tu gracia y tu dichosa protección.

Word by Word

• या: which (she/that)
• या: Kartā (relative subject of implied clause)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ते: your / of you
• ते: Sambandha (genitive: ‘of you/your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अष्ट्रा: weapons, implements
• अष्ट्रा: Karma (things employed/possessed; ‘weapons/implements’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट्रा (prātipadika; Vedic weapon/implement term)

• गोपशा: cow-securing / cow-snaring
• गोपशा: Karma (qualifier of ‘weapons/means’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गो-पशा (tatpuruṣa/bahuvrīhi prātipadika: ‘cow-snaring/cow-protecting’)

• अघृणे: O pitiless one
• अघृणे: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: अ-घृणि (prātipadika; vocative of ‘without pity/without heat of compassion’)

• पशुसाधनी: cattle-winning / cattle-accomplishing
• पशुसाधनी: Kartā (predicate/attribute of ‘या’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पशु-साधनी (prātipadika; ‘accomplishing/bringing about cattle’)

• तस्याः: of that (her/that)
• तस्याः: Apādāna (ablatival-genitive sense: ‘from/through that’), or Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradāna (recipient)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• सुम्नम्: favor, grace
• सुम्नम्: Karma (object of ईमहे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुम्न (prātipadika)

• ईमहे: we seek / we request
• ईमहे: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईम्/इ (Vedic: desiderative/precative-like ‘to seek, to ask’; here finite middle)