Rig Veda 7.102.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 102, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.102

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Parjanya

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यो गर्भमोषधीनां गवां कृणोत्यर्वताम् । पर्जन्यः पुरुषीणाम् ॥

Transliteration

yó gárbham óṣadhīnām gávāṃ kṛṇóty árvatām | parjányáḥ puruṣī́ṇām ||

Translation

Parjanya—rich in abundance—who forms the embryo of the plants, of the cows, and of the steeds.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā (सम्बन्ध-कर्ता; यः = ‘who’ referring to the agent)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गर्भम्: embryo; seed; germ
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधीनाम्: of the plants/herbs
• ओषधीनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation to गर्भम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• गवाम्: of the cows
• गवाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation to गर्भम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो- (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोति: makes; forms; produces
• कृणोति: (क्रिया) — takes कर्म ‘गर्भम्’
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ- (धातु)

• अर्वताम्: of the horses/steeds
• अर्वताम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation to गर्भम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्वत्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्जन्यः: Parjanya (Rain-god)
• पर्जन्यः: Kartā (explicit subject apposition to यः)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: पर्जन्य- (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम)

• पुरुषीणाम्: of women
• पुरुषीणाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation to गर्भम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषी- (प्रातिपदिक)