Mantra 14
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नदी सूत्री वर्षस्य पतय स्तना स्तनयित्नुरूधः
IAST Transliteration
nadī́ sūtrī́ varṣásya pátayaḥ stánā stanayitnúr ū́dhaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The river, threaded (in its course); the lords of rain; the breasts; the thundering one; the udder—(these are the forms of outpouring).
Word by Word
नदीriver
नदी:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootनदी (प्रातिपदिक)
सूत्रीthread-like; having a cord/line
सूत्री:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसूत्रिन्/सूत्री (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सूत्र’ से)
वर्षस्यof the rain / of the rainy season
वर्षस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
पतयःlords; masters
पतयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
स्तनाःbreasts; udders
स्तनाः:
कर्तृ (समास/उपमान-रूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
स्तनयित्नुthunderer; thundering (one)
स्तनयित्नु:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तनयित्नु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्तनय्’ धातु से)
ऊधःudder
ऊधः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootऊधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Varṣa (Rain) / Parjanya-like outpouring power; nourishment principle
Chandas: Enumerative (catalogue-style)
Mantra Rasa
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