Rig Veda 4.57.2: Mandala 4, Sukta 57, Mantra 2
Sukta 4.57
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Kṣetrasya Pati; with invoked ‘patayaḥ of ṛta’ (supporting truth-powers)
Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh mixture possible due to length; requires metric verification
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
क्षेत्रस्य पते मधुमन्तमूर्मिं धेनुरिव पयो अस्मासु धुक्ष्व । मधुश्चुतं घृतमिव सुपूतमृतस्य नः पतयो मृळयन्तु ॥
Transliteration
kṣétrasya pate mádhumantam ūrmíṃ dhénuriva páyo asmā́su dhukṣva | mádhuścútaṃ ghṛtámiva supū́tam ṛtásya naḥ pátayo mṛḷayantu ||
Translation
田野の主よ、雌牛が乳を搾り出すように、甘蜜の波をわれらのうちに搾り入れたまえ。澄ましバター（ギー）がよく清められてあるように、甘く滴り流れよ。ṛta（宇宙の正序・真理）を守護する者たちよ、われらを憐れみ、われらの本性を正しき増大の器とならしめたまえ。
Word by Word
क्षेत्रस्यof the field
क्षेत्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पतेO lord/master
पते:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
मधुमन्तम्honeyed, sweet
मधुमन्तम्:
कर्म (object of धुक्ष्व)
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; मधु + मन्त्)
ऊर्मिम्wave, surge, stream
ऊर्मिम्:
कर्म (object; ‘wave/stream’ to be milked forth)
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिक)
धेनुःa cow
धेनुः:
कर्तृ (agent; subject of implied comparison)
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
पयःmilk
पयः:
कर्म (object of धुक्ष्व)
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मासुin us, among us
अस्मासु:
अधिकरण (locus: ‘in/among us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धुक्ष्वmilk forth, yield
धुक्ष्व:
क्रिया (imperative action)
TypeVerb
Rootदुह् (धातु; ‘to milk’)
मधुश्चुतम्honey-dripping
मधुश्चुतम्:
कर्म (qualifier of implied ‘पयः/ऊर्मि’)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootमधु-च्युत (कृदन्त; √च्यु ‘to drip, flow’ + क्त)
घृतम्ghee, clarified butter
घृतम्:
कर्म (in simile with इव)
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सुपूतम्well-purified
सुपूतम्:
कर्म (qualifier; ‘well-purified’)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसु-पूत (कृदन्त; √पू ‘to purify’ + क्त, with सु-)
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of ṛta’)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (beneficiary: ‘for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
पतयःlords, masters
पतयः:
कर्तृ (subject of मृळयन्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
मृळयन्तुmay they be gracious, show mercy
मृळयन्तु:
क्रिया (benedictive/imperative)
TypeVerb
Rootमृळ्/मृड् (धातु; ‘to be gracious, show mercy’)
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