Rig Veda 1.125.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 125, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.125
Rishi: Attribution varies by Anukramaṇī for RV 1.125
Devata: Dakṣiṇā / the law of giving; imagery also invokes Apas (waters) and Ghṛta (clarified essence)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उप क्षरन्ति सिन्धवो मयोभुव ईजानं च यक्ष्यमाणं च धेनवः । पृणन्तं च पपुरिं च श्रवस्यवो घृतस्य धारा उप यन्ति विश्वतः ॥
Transliteration
úpa kṣaranti síndhavo mayobhúva ījānáṃ ca yakṣyámāṇaṃ ca dhénavaḥ | pṛṇántaṃ ca pápuriṃ ca śravasyávo ghṛtásya dhā́rā úpa yanti viśvátah ||
Translation
甘美を湛えた諸河は流れ寄り、乳する力（養いの力）は、礼拝し、いま犠牲を行わんとする者へと近づく。満たす者へ、広く受け取る者へ、真の聴聞（名声）を求める者へ、ギー（ghṛta、清澄なる供物）の流れは四方より来集う。
Word by Word
उपnear, towards
उप:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
क्षरन्तिthey flow, stream
क्षरन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootक्षर् (धातु)
सिन्धवःrivers, streams
सिन्धवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
मयोभुवःbringing delight/refreshment
मयोभुवः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमयोभू (प्रातिपदिक; मयस्+भू)
ईजानम्the worshipping one, sacrificer
ईजानम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Rootईजान (कृदन्त; √यज्)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
यक्ष्यमाणम्about to sacrifice, intending to worship
यक्ष्यमाणम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Rootयक्ष्यमाण (कृदन्त; √यज्)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
धेनवःmilch-cows
धेनवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
पृणन्तम्the one filling, satisfying
पृणन्तम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Rootपृणत् (कृदन्त; √पॄ/पृ ‘भरति/पूरयति’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
पपुःरिम्the drinker, the one who has drunk (well)
पपुःरिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपपुःरि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बहुपान/पानशील’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
श्रवस्यवःfame-seeking, glory-seeking
श्रवस्यवः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रवस्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
घृतस्यof ghee, of clarified butter
घृतस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (प्रातिपदिक)
धाराःstreams, flows
धाराः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधारा (प्रातिपदिक)
उपnear, towards
उप:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
यन्तिthey go, come
यन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
विश्वतःfrom all sides, on every side
विश्वतः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविश्वतस् (अव्यय; विश्व+तस्)
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