Rig Veda 7.96.6: Mandala 7, Sukta 96, Mantra 6

Sukta 7.96

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Sarasvat (Sarasvatī complex)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short verse)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पीपिवांसं सरस्वतः स्तनं यो विश्वदर्शतः । भक्षीमहि प्रजामिषम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 7.96.6

Transliteration

pīpivā́ṃsaṃ sárasvataḥ stánaṃ yó viśvádarśataḥ | bhakṣī́mahi prajā́m íṣam ||

Translation

ขอให้พวกเรามีส่วนในเต้านมอันเปี่ยมเต็มของสรัสวตี (Sarasvatī) — อกน้ำนมที่ผู้คนทั้งปวงแลเห็นได้; ขอให้พวกเราได้กินและได้รับบุตรหลาน พร้อมพลังหล่อเลี้ยงแห่งความบริบูรณ์สำเร็จสมบูรณ์.

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Word by Word

• पीपिवांसम्: (the) well-filled / having given to drink (i.e., full, milk-giving)
• पीपिवांसम्: कर्म (स्तनम् का विशेषण; ‘स्तनम्’ को विशेषयति)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: पा (धातु) → पीपिवांस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, परिपूर्ण/पुनःपुनः पान कराने/पिलाने वाला; ‘having caused to drink / having drunk fully’)

• सरस्वतः: of Sarasvatī
• सरस्वतः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी; ‘सरस्वत्याः’ = of Sarasvatī)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: सरस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; नदी-देवी ‘Sarasvat’)

• स्तनम्: breast; udder
• स्तनम्: कर्म (भक्षीमहि इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who; which
• यः: कर्तृ (वि-श्वदर्शतः इत्यस्य/अस्ति-भावे; ‘who/which’)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वदर्शतः: visible to all; seen by all; universally manifest
• विश्वदर्शतः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (यः का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व-दर्शत (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व ‘all’ + दर्शत ‘visible/beautiful to see’)

• भक्षीमहि: may we partake/eat
• भक्षीमहि: क्रिया (यजमान-वाक्ये प्रार्थना: ‘let us partake’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष् (धातु) ‘to eat, partake’

• प्रजामिषम्: nourishment/food for progeny; progeny-sustaining refreshment
• प्रजामिषम्: कर्म (भक्षीमहि इत्यस्य; ‘what we partake’)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक) + इष (प्रातिपदिक ‘refreshment/food’; वैदिक ‘इष्/इषम्’)