Rig Veda 1.186.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 186, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.186
Devata: Uṣas–Naktā (paired powers of dawn and night)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उप व एषे नमसा जिगीषोषासानक्ता सुदुघेव धेनुः । समाने अहन्विमिमानो अर्कं विषुरूपे पयसि सस्मिन्नूधन् ॥
Transliteration
úpa va eṣe námasā jigīṣóṣāsānáktā sudúgheva dhénuḥ | samāné áhan vimímāno arkáṃ víṣu-rūpe páyasi sásminn ū́dhan ||
Translation
われは礼拝をもって汝らに近づき、勝利を求めて来る。暁と夜と、よく乳を与える牝牛のごとく。共なる一日のうちに、彼女らは光の讃歌を量り定め、姿を異にする乳の流れにおいて、まさにその同じ乳房において。
Word by Word
उपnear, towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वःto/for you (pl.)
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
एषेI approach / I seek
एषे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (इच्छा/प्रेरणे) → एष् (वेद.)
नमसाwith reverence, with homage
नमसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्
जिगीषोःof (the one) wishing to win/conquer
जिगीषोः:
—
TypeVerb (desiderative participial form used as noun/adj.)
Rootजि (जये) + सन् (जिगीष-)
आसासानाwinning, gaining (ever attaining)
आसासाना:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootसन्/आस्? (वेद. √सन् ‘to win/obtain’ with आ-; reduplicated pres. part.)
नक्ताNight
नक्ता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनक्त्
सुदुघाgood-milking, yielding well
सुदुघा:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + दुह् (दोहने) → दुघा
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
धेनूःa milch-cow
धेनूः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु
समानेin the same (place/condition)
समाने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootसमाना
अहन्day
अहन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअहन्
विapart, distinctly
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
मिमानोmeasuring out
मिमानो:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootमा (माने/मितौ ‘to measure’)
अर्कम्hymn/chant; (also) ray
अर्कम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअर्क
विषुरूपेof different forms (twofold)
विषुरूपे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootविषु-रूप
पयसिin milk; in nourishment
पयसि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपयस्
सस्मिन्in that
सस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
ऊधन्in the udder
ऊधन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊधन्
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