Rig Veda 4.57.5: Mandala 4, Sukta 57, Mantra 5
Sukta 4.57
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Śunāsīrau (dual agrarian divinities)
Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh possible; needs verification
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शुनासीराविमां वाचं जुषेथां यद्दिवि चक्रथुः पयः । तेनेमामुप सिञ्चतम् ॥
Transliteration
śunā́sīrāv imā́ṃ vā́caṃ juṣethāṃ yád diví cakráthuḥ páyaḥ | ténemā́m úpa siñcatam ||
Translation
おおŚunāsīrau（シュナースィーラウ）よ、われらのこの言葉を嘉（よみ）したまえ。汝らは天において養いの乳汁（páyas）を造りたもうた。まさにその豊穣をもって、これに注ぎ潤したまえ。
Word by Word
शुना॑सीराO Śunāsīrā (the paired deities Śuna and Sīra)
शुना॑सीरा:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun (Deity-name)
Rootशुनासीर (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व-देवनाम)
अवि॒माम्this (f.)
अवि॒माम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाचम्speech, utterance
वाचम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
जुषेथाम्may you two enjoy/accept
जुषेथाम्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootजुष् (धातु)
यत्which, that (thing)
यत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दिविin heaven, in the sky
दिवि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
चक्रथुःyou two have made/did
चक्रथुः:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
पयःmilk; (also) nourishing sap
पयः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तेनwith that
तेन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इमाम्this (f.)
इमाम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उपtowards, upon
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootउप
सिञ्चतम्sprinkle/pour (you two)
सिञ्चतम्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootसिच् (धातु)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
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