Rig Veda 9.19.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 19, 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 ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.19.4

Transliteration

avā́vaśanta dhītáyo vṛṣabhásyādhi rétasi | sūnór vatsásya mātáraḥ ||

Translation

Rishiyon ke vichar bail ke beej ke upar goonjte hain. Jaise maa apne naye bacche ka khayal rakhti hai, waise hi yeh shaktiyan us naye prakash ki poshan karti hain.

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• अवा॑वशन्त: they desired / they longed for
• अवा॑वशन्त: Kartā (with subject = धी॒तयः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वश् (वशँ) / अव-√वश्

• धी॒तयः: the thoughts, inspirations
• धी॒तयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धीति- (from √धी ‘to think/meditate’)

• वृष॒भस्य: of the bull (i.e., the potent one)
• वृष॒भस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ-

• अधि॒: upon, in
• अधि॒: Adhikaraṇa (marks locus with locative)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अधि

• रेत॑सि: in the seed, in the semen
• रेत॑सि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेतस्-

• सू॒नोः: of the son
• सू॒नोः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु-

• वत्सस्य॑: of the calf
• वत्सस्य॑: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स-

• मा॒तरः: mothers
• मा॒तरः: Kartā (understood; appositional/parallel nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ-