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Rig Veda 4.50.2: Mandala 4, Sukta 50, Mantra 2

Sukta 4.50

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional for Mandala 4; hymn 4.50 addressed to Bṛhaspati)
Devata: Bṛhaspati
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (likely; confirmable from full hymn prosody)

धुनेतयः सुप्रकेतं मदन्तो बृहस्पते अभि ये नस्ततस्रे । पृषन्तं सृप्रमदब्धमूर्वं बृहस्पते रक्षतादस्य योनिम् ॥

dhunétayaḥ supraketáṁ mádanto bṛ́haspate abhí yé nas tatasré | pṛ́ṣantaṁ sṛprám adábhtham ūrváṁ bṛ́haspate rákṣatād asyá yónim ||

Wahai Bṛhaspati, para penyerang yang mengguncang, yang menyerbu kami sambil bersorak—melawan cahaya yang tertuntun baik di dalam—semoga engkau melindungi landasan yang kuat, tak tertipu, dan luas; wahai Bṛhaspati, jagalah rahim pembentukannya.

धुनेतयःshakers, impellers (i.e., the stirring ones)
धुनेतयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootधुनेति- (प्रातिपदिक; धुन्/धू ‘कम्पने/धुनने’ धातु से)
सुप्रकेतम्the well-renowned / of good insight (one)
सुप्रकेतम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootसुप्रकेत- (सु- + प्रकेत ‘प्रख्यात/प्रज्ञा/प्रकाश’)
मदन्तःrejoicing, exulting
मदन्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootमद् (धातु) ‘हर्षे/मदे’
बृहस्पतेO Bṛhaspati
बृहस्पते:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (Vocative)
Rootबृहस्पति- (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
(क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us, our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
ततस्रेhas rushed/has streamed (towards)
ततस्रे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootतस्र्/तृस् (धातु; ‘द्रवणे/सरणे’—Vedic)
पृषन्तम्speckled, dappled
पृषन्तम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootपृषन्त- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘चित्त्र/बिन्दुवत्-रङ्गयुक्त’)
सृप्रम्sharp-jawed / fierce
सृप्रम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootसृप्र- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘तीक्ष्ण/प्रखर/दंष्ट्रा-युक्त’—Vedic epithet)
अदब्धम्unharmed, unbeguiled, inviolable
अदब्धम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootअदब्ध- (a- + दब्ध ‘धातु दभ्/दम्भ् ‘हिंसने/छलने’ से; ‘अपराजित/अवञ्चित’)
ऊर्वम्the thigh; (also) the strong support/haunch
ऊर्वम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्व- (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहस्पतेO Bṛhaspati
बृहस्पते:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (Vocative)
Rootबृहस्पति- (प्रातिपदिक)
रक्षतात्let (him) protect
रक्षतात्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरक्ष् (धातु) ‘पालने/रक्षणे’
अस्यof this (one), his
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्- (सर्वनाम)
योनिम्womb; source; resting-place
योनिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि- (प्रातिपदिक)

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