Rig Veda 8.69.12: Mandala 8, Sukta 69, Mantra 12
Sukta 8.69
Rishi: Pragātha tradition of Mandala 8 (exact ṛṣi attribution not supplied in input)
Devata: Varuṇa
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh-family (needs verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सुदेवो असि वरुण यस्य ते सप्त सिन्धवः । अनुक्षरन्ति काकुदं सूर्म्यं सुषिरामिव ॥
Transliteration
sudévo asi varuṇa yásya te saptá síndhavaḥ | anukṣáranti kākúdaṃ sū́rmyaṃ suṣirā́m iva ||
Translation
Perfeitamente divino és tu, ó Varuṇa, de quem os sete rios correm seguindo a tua crista — tua altura portadora de ondas — como correntes por um leito bem canalizado; assim os fluxos ordenados movem-se em ti sem ruptura.
Word by Word
सुदेवःwell-divine, very godlike
सुदेवः:
विशेषण (कर्तृ-पदस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-देव (प्रातिपदिक) < देव
असिyou are
असि:
अख्यात (सम्बन्ध/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
वरुणO Varuṇa
वरुण:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper name/vocative)
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तseven
सप्त:
विशेषण
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
सिन्धवःrivers/streams (Sindhus)
सिन्धवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुalong, after, in succession
अनु:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
क्षरन्तिthey flow, they stream
क्षरन्ति:
अख्यात
TypeVerb
Rootक्षर् (धातु)
काकुदम्a peak/summit; hump/crest
काकुदम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकाकुद (प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्म्यम्wave-like, billowy (surging)
सूर्म्यम्:
विशेषण (कर्म-पदस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootसूर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सुषिराम्well-hollowed, well-channelled
सुषिराम्:
उपमान/विशेषण (इव-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-षिरा/सुषिर (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
उपमान-द्योतक
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
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