Rig Veda 7.56.4 — Mandala 7, Sukta 56, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.56

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (presumptive)

Devata: Maruts (with Pṛśni as their mother-principle)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (to be verified)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एतानि धीरो निण्या चिकेत पृश्निर्यदूधो मही जभार ॥

Transliteration

etā́ni dhī́ro niṇyā́ ciketa pṛ́śnir yád ū́dho mahī́ jabhā́ra ||

Translation

Dies erkennt der standhafte Seher in den verborgenen Stätten: als Pṛśni, die große Mutter, das Euter trug — die nährende Quelle.

Word by Word

• एतानि: these (things)
• एतानि: Karma (object of ‘चिकेत’)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धीरो: the wise one, the seer
• धीरो: Kartā (subject of ‘चिकेत’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun
• Root: धीर (प्रातिपदिक; < धि ‘thought’ + र) अथवा धीर (विशेषण)

• निण्या: the hidden (thing), the secret
• निण्या: Karma (object/complement with ‘चिकेत’)
• Type: Adjective (used as noun) / Noun
• Root: निण्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hidden, secret’)

• चिकेत: has perceived/understood
• चिकेत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चित् (चिती/चेतति ‘to perceive, notice, understand’)

• पृश्निः: Pṛśni (the speckled cow)
• पृश्निः: Kartā (subject of ‘जभार’)
• Type: Noun (proper/common)
• Root: पृश्नि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘speckled one’; also name of a cow)

• यत्: which/that (which)
• यत्: Karma (object of ‘जभार’)
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (संबन्ध/यत्-तत् सर्वनाम)

• ऊधः: udder
• ऊधः: Karma (object of ‘जभार’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मही: great, mighty
• मही: Kartā (as qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक; ‘great, mighty’)

• जभार: has borne/brought
• जभार: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरति ‘to bear, carry, bring’)