Rig Veda 1.186.4 - Mandala 1, Sukta 186, Mantra 4

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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 ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.186.4

Transliteration

úpa va eṣe námasā jigīṣóṣāsānáktā sudúgheva dhénuḥ | samāné áhan vimímāno arkáṃ víṣu-rūpe páyasi sásminn ū́dhan ||

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าขอเข้าไปใกล้ท่านด้วยนมัสการ แสวงชัย: อุษาส (รุ่งอรุณ) และนัคตา (ราตรี) ดุจโคผู้ให้น้ำนมอุดม. ในวันอันร่วมกันนั้น ทั้งสองวัดแบ่งบทสรรเสริญแห่งแสง—ในกระแสน้ำนมที่มีรูปต่างกัน—ในเต้านมเดียวกันนั้นเอง.

Word by Word

उपnear, towards

वःto/for you (pl.)

एषेI approach / I seek

नमसाwith reverence, with homage

जिगीषोःof (the one) wishing to win/conquer

आसासानाwinning, gaining (ever attaining)

नक्ताNight

सुदुघाgood-milking, yielding well

इवlike, as

धेनूःa milch-cow

समानेin the same (place/condition)

अहन्day

विapart, distinctly

मिमानोmeasuring out

अर्कम्hymn/chant; (also) ray

विषुरूपेof different forms (twofold)

पयसिin milk; in nourishment

सस्मिन्in that

ऊधन्in the udder

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