Mantra 1

Sukta 68

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुरूपकृत्नुमूतये सुदुघामिव गोदुहे । जुहूमसि द्यविद्यवि

IAST Transliteration

surūpakṛtnúm ū́taye sudúghām iva godúhe | juhū́masi dyávi-dyavi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For aid we pour oblation to the fair-working One, as to a good-milking cow at milking; day after day we offer.

Translation

ಸಹಾಯಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ನಾವು ಸುರೂಪಕೃತ್ನು (ಸುಂದರವಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುವವನು) ಗೆ ಹವಿಯನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ—ಹಾಲು ಕಡೆಯುವ ವೇಳೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಹಾಲು ಕೊಡುವ ಹಸುವಿನಂತೆ. ದಿನದಿಂದ ದಿನಕ್ಕೆ ನಾವು ಅರ್ಪಣೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ.

Word by Word

• सुरूपकृत्नुम्: the well-formed/beautifully-shaped (one)
• सुरूपकृत्नुम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरूपकृत्नु (प्रातिपदिक; सु-रूप + कृत्नु)

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

• सुदुघाम्: the good-milking (cow)
• सुदुघाम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुघा (प्रातिपदिक; सु-दुघा)

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

• गोदुहे: at/for the cow-milker (milking-man)
• गोदुहे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोदुह (प्रातिपदिक; गो + दुह)

• जुहूमसि: we offer; we pour as oblation
• जुहूमसि: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic provenance; not determinable from excerpt alone

Devata: Likely Indra or a Soma-associated beneficent deity addressed as ‘surūpakṛtnu’ (context-dependent)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (requires full metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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