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Sukta 57
सु॒रू॒प॒कृ॒त्नुमू॒तये॑ सु॒दुघा॑मिव गो॒दुहे॑ ।जु॒हूमसि॒ द्यवि॑द्यवि
surūpakṛ́tnum ūtáye sudúghām iva godúhe | juhū́masi dyávi-dyavi
Him, fair-fashioned, for our aid—like a good-milking cow to the cow-milker—do we invoke, day after day.
हम उस भगवान को बुला रहे हैं जो अच्छा है और हमारी मदद करे। जैसे एक गाय जो अच्छा दूध देती है, वैसे ही वो हमारे लिए है। हम रोज़ उसको बुलाते हैं।
Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance; r̥ṣi not determinable from the isolated verse here.
Devata: Unclear from the single verse; likely an Indra-associated or general beneficent power in the surrounding hymn context.
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh or a short RV meter; exact meter requires full hymn context.
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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