Rig Veda 2.35.7: Mandala 2, Sukta 35, Mantra 7

Sukta 2.35

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)

Devata: Apāṃ Napāt

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स्व आ दमे सुदुघा यस्य धेनुः स्वधां पीपाय सुभ्वन्नमत्ति । सो अपां नपादूर्जयन्नप्स्वन्तर्वसुदेयाय विधते वि भाति ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 2.35.7

Transliteration

svá ā́ dáme sudúghā́ yásya dhenúḥ svadhā́ṃ pīpāya subhv ànnam atti | só apā́ṃ napād ūrjáyann apsv àntar vasudéyāya vidhaté ví bhāti ||

Translation

Di rumahnya sendiri, sapi perah kelimpahan yang mudah diperah itu mengalirkan susu berlimpah; ia menumbuhkan svadhā dan menikmati santapan yang baik. Ia, Putra Perairan (Apām Napāt), menegakkan daya-hidup di dalam perairan; ia bersinar bagi pelaksana upacara, untuk menganugerahkan kekayaan yang sejati.

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Word by Word

• स्वः: indeed; verily (emphatic particle)
• स्वः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वर् (प्रातिपदिक) / स्वः (निपात)

• आ: towards; unto; (intensifier)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दमे: in the house; in the home
• दमे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुदुघा: good-milking; yielding well
• सुदुघा: Viśeṣaṇa (of धेनुः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुघा (प्रातिपदिक; दुह् ‘to milk’ से)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धेनुः: the cow
• धेनुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वधाम्: svadhā; own sustaining power/food-offering
• स्वधाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• पीपाय: has made (it) drink; has caused to swell/nourish
• पीपाय: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु; ‘to drink’), caus./intens. stem पीपाय-

• सुभ्वन्नम्: good nourishment; good food
• सुभ्वन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-भ्वन्न (प्रातिपदिक; भ्वन्/भू-सम्बद्ध ‘thriving/abundant’)

• अत्ति: eats
• अत्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद् (धातु)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नपात्: offspring; son (epithet: ‘Son of the Waters’)
• नपात्: Kartā (apposition to सः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नपात् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्जयन्: strengthening; invigorating
• ऊर्जयन्: Kartā (participial, agreeing with सः/नपात्)
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: ऊर्ज् (धातु ‘to invigorate/strengthen’), present participle ऊर्जयन्त्

• अप्सु: in the waters
• अप्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तः: within
• अन्तः: — (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय)

• वसुदेयाय: for the wealth-giver; for (him who is) giver of riches
• वसुदेयाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective/Noun (dative epithet)
• Root: वसु-देय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wealth-giving/whose gift is wealth’)

• विधते: for the worshipper; for the instituter (of rite)
• विधते: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘worshipper/ordainer’)

• वि: forth; apart; widely
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भाति: shines; appears
• भाति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा (धातु)