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Rig Veda 7.36.6: Mandala 7, Sukta 36, Mantra 6

Sukta 7.36

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for Maṇḍala 7)
Devata: Sarasvatī (explicit), with river-powers (Sindhu-mātā imagery)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)

आ यत्साकं यशसो वावशानाः सरस्वती सप्तथी सिन्धुमाता । याः सुष्वयन्त सुदुघाः सुधारा अभि स्वेन पयसा पीप्यानाः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.36.6

ā́ yát sā́kaṃ yaśáso vāvaśānā́ḥ sárasvatī saptáthī síndhumātā́ | yā́ḥ suṣváyanta su-dúghāḥ su-dhārā́ abhí svéna páyasā pī́pyānāḥ ||

Apabila bersama-sama yang mulia itu mara mendesak—Sarasvatī, yang tujuh-jalan, ibu segala sungai—aliran-aliran itu, yang mudah diperah dan berarus elok, mengembang dengan susu mereka sendiri; dengan kelimpahan yang lahir-dari-diri, mereka menyuburkan.

hither; towards
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
यत्which; that
यत्:
(सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
साकम्together (with)
साकम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाकम् (अव्यय)
यशसःof glory; of fame
यशसः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootयशस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
वावशानाःeagerly desiring; yearning
वावशानाः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Root√वश् (वशँ—इच्छायाम्/वशे) > वावशान (कृदन्त)
सरस्वतीSarasvatī
सरस्वती:
कर्ता
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootसरस्वती (स्त्री प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तथीhaving seven paths; sevenfold-streamed
सप्तथी:
कर्ता-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्तथी (स्त्री प्रातिपदिक; ‘सप्त-पथ’)
सिन्धुमाताmother of the Sindhu(s)/rivers
सिन्धुमाता:
कर्ता-विशेषण
TypeNoun (Compound epithet)
Rootसिन्धु-माता (समास; माता)
याःwho (those who)
याः:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुष्वयन्तthey flowed well; they set flowing
सुष्वयन्त:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√स्वि/√स्वय् (स्वयँ/स्वि—प्रस्रवणे/प्रेरणे; Vedic) > सुष्वयन्त (तिṅanta)
सुदुघाःgood-milking; richly yielding
सुदुघाः:
कर्ता-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-दुघा (दुघा ‘milking, yielding’)
सुधाराःwith good streams; fair-flowing
सुधाराः:
कर्ता-विशेषण
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootसु-धारा (धारा ‘stream’)
अभिtowards; upon
अभि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्वेनwith their own
स्वेन:
करण
TypePronoun (Adjectival)
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पयसाwith milk; with nourishing fluid
पयसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
पीप्यानाःswelling; becoming full (with nourishment)
पीप्यानाः:
कर्ता-विशेषण
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Root√प्याय् (प्यायँ—वृद्धौ/पुष्टौ) > पीप्यान (कृदन्त)

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