Rig Veda 8.69.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 69, Mantra 2

Sukta 8.69

Devata: Soma (as nadá/flow and lord of the dhenu- streams), with possible Indraic governance implied

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (explicitly referenced)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नदं व ओदतीनां नदं योयुवतीनाम् । पतिं वो अघ्न्यानां धेनूनामिषुध्यसि ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.69.2

Transliteration

nadáṃ va odátīnām nadáṃ yóyuvatīnām | pátiṃ vo ághnyānāṃ dhenū́nām iṣudhyasi ||

Translation

You become the resonant flow for your swelling energies, the sounding stream for the ever-yoking powers; you are the lord of the unassailable cows—of the milking streams—so that the nourishing impulsion may be secured within us.

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Word by Word

• नदम्: (the) roar / sound / stream (as ‘roaring’)
• नदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नद (प्रातिपदिक) < √नद् (शब्दे/नादे)

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ओदतीनाम्: of the crying/lowing (ones)
• ओदतीनाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (f.)
• Root: ओदती (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; √उद्/वद्-सम्बद्ध ‘to utter/cry’—वेदिक विशेषण)

• नदम्: (the) roar / sound
• नदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नद (प्रातिपदिक) < √नद्

• योयुवतीनाम्: of the young (heifers/maidens)
• योयुवतीनाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (f.)
• Root: योयुवती (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; intensive/reduplicated from √यु/यौ ‘to join, be in motion/young’ → ‘young women/heifers’)

• पतिम्: lord / master
• पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अघ्न्यानाम्: of the inviolable cows
• अघ्न्यानाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (f.)
• Root: अघ्न्या (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; ‘not to be slain’, sacred cow)

• धेनूनाम्: of the milch-cows
• धेनूनाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)

• इषुध्यसि: you strive / you press on / you are eager
• इषुध्यसि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इषुध्य (धातु; ‘to be eager/impel oneself, strive’—वेदिक)