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 ॥

Transliteration

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

Translation

Toward him flow the rivers of sweetness, the milking powers, to one who worships and is ready to sacrifice. To the fulfiller and the wide receiver, seeking the true hearing, streams of clarified light come from every side.

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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)