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 ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.125.4

Transliteration

úpa kṣaranti síndhavo mayobhúva ījānáṃ ca yakṣyámāṇaṃ ca dhénavaḥ | pṛṇántaṃ ca pápuriṃ ca śravasyávo ghṛtásya dhā́rā úpa yanti viśvátah ||

Translation

สายน้ำทั้งหลายอันก่อสุขไหลเข้ามา; พลังผู้หลั่งน้ำนมทั้งหลายย่อมเข้าหาผู้บูชาและผู้พร้อมจะประกอบยัญ. แด่ผู้เติมเต็ม แด่ผู้รับอย่างกว้างขวาง แด่ผู้ใฝ่หาเกียรติแห่งการได้ยินอันแท้จริง กระแสแห่งฆฤตะ (ghṛta เนยใส/แสงอันชำระแล้ว) ย่อมหลั่งมาจากทุกทิศ.

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Word by Word

• उप: near, towards
• उप: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• क्षरन्ति: they flow, stream
• क्षरन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षर् (धातु)

• सिन्धवः: rivers, streams
• सिन्धवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मयोभुवः: bringing delight/refreshment
• मयोभुवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मयोभू (प्रातिपदिक; मयस्+भू)

• ईजानम्: the worshipping one, sacrificer
• ईजानम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: ईजान (कृदन्त; √यज्)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• यक्ष्यमाणम्: about to sacrifice, intending to worship
• यक्ष्यमाणम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: यक्ष्यमाण (कृदन्त; √यज्)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• धेनवः: milch-cows
• धेनवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृणन्तम्: the one filling, satisfying
• पृणन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: पृणत् (कृदन्त; √पॄ/पृ ‘भरति/पूरयति’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• पपुःरिम्: the drinker, the one who has drunk (well)
• पपुःरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पपुःरि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बहुपान/पानशील’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• श्रवस्यवः: fame-seeking, glory-seeking
• श्रवस्यवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रवस्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• घृतस्य: of ghee, of clarified butter
• घृतस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाराः: streams, flows
• धाराः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• यन्ति: they go, come
• यन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• विश्वतः: from all sides, on every side
• विश्वतः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्वतस् (अव्यय; विश्व+तस्)