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 ॥
Transliteration
nadáṃ va odátīnām nadáṃ yóyuvatīnām | pátiṃ vo ághnyānāṃ dhenū́nām iṣudhyasi ||
Translation
你成为你那澎湃诸力的轰鸣之流，成为那恒常驾轭诸能的回响之河；你是不可伤害之母牛——诸乳流——的主宰，使滋养的冲力（iṣ）得以在我们之中安住并被守护。
Word by Word
नदम्(the) roar / sound / stream (as ‘roaring’)
नदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनद (प्रातिपदिक) < √नद् (शब्दे/नादे)
वःof you / your
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ओदतीनाम्of the crying/lowing (ones)
ओदतीनाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (f.)
Rootओदती (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; √उद्/वद्-सम्बद्ध ‘to utter/cry’—वेदिक विशेषण)
नदम्(the) roar / sound
नदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनद (प्रातिपदिक) < √नद्
योयुवतीनाम्of the young (heifers/maidens)
योयुवतीनाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (f.)
Rootयोयुवती (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; intensive/reduplicated from √यु/यौ ‘to join, be in motion/young’ → ‘young women/heifers’)
पतिम्lord / master
पतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
वःof you / your
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
अघ्न्यानाम्of the inviolable cows
अघ्न्यानाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (f.)
Rootअघ्न्या (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; ‘not to be slain’, sacred cow)
धेनूनाम्of the milch-cows
धेनूनाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)
इषुध्यसिyou strive / you press on / you are eager
इषुध्यसि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√इषुध्य (धातु; ‘to be eager/impel oneself, strive’—वेदिक)
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