Rig Veda 1.164.40: Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Mantra 40
Sukta 1.164
Rishi: Dīrghatamas Aucathya
Devata: Aghnyā (the Sacred Cow) / Bhaga as plenitude
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सूयवसाद्भगवती हि भूया अथो वयं भगवन्तः स्याम । अद्धि तृणमघ्न्ये विश्वदानीं पिब शुद्धमुदकमाचरन्ती ॥
Transliteration
sūyavasā́d bhágavatī hí bhūyā́ átho vayáṃ bhágavantaḥ syāma | addhí tṛ́ṇam aghnye viśvadā́nīṃ píba śuddhám udakám ā́carantī ||
Translation
सूयवसाद् भगवती हि भूया अथो वयं भगवन्तः स्याम । अद्धि तृणमघ्न्ये विश्वदानीं पिब शुद्धमुदकमाचरन्ती ॥
Word by Word
सूयवसात्from good pasture/abundant fodder
सूयवसात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootसूयवसा- (प्रातिपदिक; सूय- + वसा-)
भगवतीfortunate, blessed
भगवती:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootभगवत्- (प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
भूयाःmay you be
भूयाः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
अथोand also, moreover
अथो:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ + उ (निपात-संयोग)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
भगवन्तःfortunate, blessed
भगवन्तः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootभगवत्- (प्रातिपदिक)
स्यामmay we be
स्याम:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
अद्धिeat
अद्धि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअद् (धातु)
तृणम्grass
तृणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतृण- (प्रातिपदिक)
अघ्न्येO inviolable one (cow)
अघ्न्ये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootअघ्न्या- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘not to be slain’, epithet of the cow)
विश्वदानीम्at all times, always
विश्वदानीम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (adverb)
Rootविश्वदा- (प्रातिपदिक) + -नीम् (अव्ययीभाव-प्रत्यय)
पिबdrink
पिब:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु)
शुद्धम्pure
शुद्धम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशुद्ध- (प्रातिपदिक; √शुध्/शुच् ‘to purify’)
उदकम्water
उदकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउदक- (प्रातिपदिक)
आचरन्तीmoving about, roaming
आचरन्ती:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Rootआ-√चर् (धातु) → चरन्ती (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
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