Rig Veda 9.66.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 66, Mantra 6
Sukta 9.66
Devata: Soma Pavamāna
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तवेमे सप्त सिन्धवः प्रशिषं सोम सिस्रते । तुभ्यं धावन्ति धेनवः ॥
Transliteration
tavéme saptá síndhavaḥ praśíṣaṃ soma sisrate | túbhyaṃ dhāvanti dhenávaḥ ||
Translation
तवेमे सप्त सिन्धवः, हे सोम, प्रशीषं प्रति सिस्रते; तुभ्यं धेनवो धावन्ति—पोषक-शक्तिधाराः प्रीतये शीघ्रं प्रवर्तन्ते।
Word by Word
तवof you / your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इमेthese
इमे:
कर्तृ (with implied ‘are/stand’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तseven
सप्त:
विशेषण (numerical qualifier)
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
सिन्धवःrivers / streams
सिन्धवः:
कर्तृ (of सिस्रते)
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रशिषम्impulse / command / guiding direction
प्रशिषम्:
कर्म (of सिस्रते)
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-शिष् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘direction/impulse/command’)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
सिस्रतेflow / stream forth
सिस्रते:
क्रिया (predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootसृ (धातु) with preverb नि-? (Vedic intensive/iterative formation); here as finite verb
तुभ्यम्to you / for you
तुभ्यम्:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धावन्तिrun / rush
धावन्ति:
क्रिया (predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootधाव् (धातु)
धेनवःmilch-cows (cows)
धेनवः:
कर्तृ (of धावन्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
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