Mantra 1

Sukta 57

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुरूपकृत्नुमूतये सुदुघामिव गोदुहे ।जुहूमसि द्यविद्यवि

IAST Transliteration

surūpakṛ́tnum ūtáye sudúghām iva godúhe | juhū́masi dyávi-dyavi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Him, fair-fashioned, for our aid—like a good-milking cow to the cow-milker—do we invoke, day after day.

Word by Word

• सुरूपकृत्नु: of good form and effective/skillful
• सुरूपकृत्नु: सम्प्रदान (उतये इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरूप- (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत्नु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊतये: for help; for aid
• ऊतये: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुदुघाम्: well-milking; yielding well
• सुदुघाम्: कर्म (इव-उपमानपदस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + दुह् (धातु) → दोग्धृ/दुघा (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• गोदुहे: in/with the cow-milker
• गोदुहे: अधिकरण (उपमान-स्थाने ‘in/at the cow-milker’ = ‘as with a cow-milker’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोदुह् (गो- + दुह्) (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुहूमसि: we offer; we pour (oblations)
• जुहूमसि: क्रिया (कर्तृ = वयम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु) — जुहोति (होम/आहुति-क्रिया)

• द्यवि: in heaven; in the sky
• द्यवि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यवि: in heaven (again)
• द्यवि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

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.

Mantra Rasa

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