Mantra 1
Sukta 68
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सुरूपकृत्नुमूतये सुदुघामिव गोदुहे । जुहूमसि द्यविद्यवि
IAST Transliteration
surūpakṛtnúm ū́taye sudúghām iva godúhe | juhū́masi dyávi-dyavi
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
For aid we pour oblation to the fair-working One, as to a good-milking cow at milking; day after day we offer.
Word by Word
सुरूपकृत्नुम्the well-formed/beautifully-shaped (one)
सुरूपकृत्नुम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootसुरूपकृत्नु (प्रातिपदिक; सु-रूप + कृत्नु)
ऊतयेfor help; for protection
ऊतये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
सुदुघाम्the good-milking (cow)
सुदुघाम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootसुदुघा (प्रातिपदिक; सु-दुघा)
इवlike; as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
गोदुहेat/for the cow-milker (milking-man)
गोदुहे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootगोदुह (प्रातिपदिक; गो + दुह)
जुहूमसिwe offer; we pour as oblation
जुहूमसि:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootहु (धातु)
द्यविin heaven; in the sky
द्यवि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यविin heaven—again (day by day / repeatedly)
द्यवि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Rigvedic provenance; not determinable from excerpt alone
Devata: Likely Indra or a Soma-associated beneficent deity addressed as ‘surūpakṛtnu’ (context-dependent)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (requires full metrical verification)
Mantra Rasa
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