Rig Veda 10.101.9: Mandala 10, Sukta 101, Mantra 9

Sukta 10.101

Devata: Dhī (inspired Thought) as a goddess; invoked among the Devāḥ as the power that yields abundance

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 10.101 opening)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ वो धियं यज्ञियां वर्त ऊतये देवा देवीं यजतां यज्ञियामिह । सा नो दुहीयद्यवसेव गत्वी सहस्रधारा पयसा मही गौः ॥

Transliteration

ā vo dhiyaṃ yajñiyāṃ varta ūtaye devā devīṃ yajatāṃ yajñiyām iha | sā no duhīyad yavasāiva gatvī sahasradhārā payasā mahī gauḥ ||

Translation

హే దేవులారా, సహాయార్థం యజ్ఞియమైన ధియాను (ఆలోచన/ప్రేరణ) మా వైపు తిప్పండి—పూజ్యమైన, యజ్ఞియమైన దేవీ ధియాను ఇక్కడికి రప్పించండి. ఆమె మా కోసం, మేతకు వెళ్లే ఆవులా, పోషణార్థం దోహనమివ్వాలి—మహా గౌః—సహస్రధారా, పయస్ (దుగ్ధం) యొక్క సమృద్ధి ప్రవాహాలతో.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• वः: for you / of you (pl.)
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• धियम्: thought, inspiration
• धियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धि- (प्रातिपदिक) / dhī-

• यज्ञियाम्: sacrificial, fit for worship
• यज्ञियाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय- (adj. from यज्ञ) / yajñiya-

• वर्ते: I turn/come, I proceed
• वर्ते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (वर्तते) / √vṛt

• ऊतये: for help, for aid
• ऊतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति- (noun) / ūti-

• देवाः: O gods
• देवाः: Sambodhana (addressed) / Kartā (in sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- / deva-

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी- / devī-

• यजताम्: let them worship / may they sacrifice
• यजताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज् / √yaj

• यज्ञियाम्: worthy of sacrifice
• यज्ञियाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय- / yajñiya-

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (indecl.) / iha

• सा: she
• सा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (pronoun) / tad

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (1st person pronoun)

• दुहीयत्: may she milk/yield
• दुहीयत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दुह् / √duh

• यवसे: for fodder, for pasture
• यवसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवस- (noun) / yavasa-

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (indecl.) / iva

• गत्वी: having come/arrived
• गत्वी: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Verbal adjective (participle)
• Root: √गम् + त्वि (कृदन्त) / √gam

• सहस्रधारा: with a thousand streams
• सहस्रधारा: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र- + धारा- (compound) / sahasra-dhārā-

• पयसा: with milk, with nourishment
• पयसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस्- / payas-

• मही: great, mighty
• मही: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही- (adj./noun) / mahī-

• गौः: the cow (symbol of abundance/wealth)
• गौः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो- / go-