Mantra 6

Sukta 73

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उप द्रव पयसा गोधुगोषमा घर्मे सिञ्च पय उस्रियायाः । वि नाकमख्यत् सविता वरेण्योऽनुप्रयाणमुषसो वि राजति

IAST Transliteration

úpa drava páyasā go-dhugóṣam ā gharmé siñca páya usríyāḥ | ví nā́kam akhyat savitā́ varéṇyo ’nuprayā́ṇam uṣáso ví rājati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Run hither with milk unto the sound of cow-milking; pour, in the heated offering, the milk of the bounteous cow. Savitar the Excellent hath disclosed the heavenly vault; the onward course of Dawn shineth forth in majesty.

Word by Word

उपnear; towards; up (as preverb)

द्रवrun; flow; hasten

पयसाwith milk; by milk

गोधुगोषम्the cow-milking/lowing place; cowshed (lit. ‘cow-milking sound’)

आtowards; hither (as preverb)

घर्मेin the heat; in warmth; at the hot time

सिञ्चpour; sprinkle

पयःmilk

उस्रियायाःof the ruddy one; of the dawn(-cow)

विapart; forth; widely (as preverb)

नाकम्heaven; the celestial realm

अख्यत्he/it made manifest; revealed; proclaimed

सविताSavitar (the impeller, solar deity)

वरेण्यःchoice-worthy; excellent

अनुप्रयाणम्the following course; onward movement

उषसःof Dawn

विforth; widely

राजतिshines; is resplendent

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angiras line (hymn-level attribution varies by Anukramaṇī; requires consultation of AVŚ 7.73 anukramaṇī).

Devata: Savitar; Dawn (Uṣas); implicitly the Cow/Milk as efficacious agent.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (needs metrical verification against pada lengths).

Mantra Rasa

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