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Rig Veda 4.58.1: Mandala 4, Sukta 58, Mantra 1

Sukta 4.58

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for RV 4.58)
Devata: Ghṛta / Soma-essence (with a mystic-theological focus rather than a single anthropomorphic deity)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

समुद्रादूर्मिर्मधुमाँ उदारदुपांशुना सममृतत्वमानट् । घृतस्य नाम गुह्यं यदस्ति जिह्वा देवानाममृतस्य नाभिः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.58.1

samudrā́d ū́rmir mádhu-mā̃ údārad upā́ṃśunā́ sám amṛta-tváṃ ānaṭ | ghṛtásya nā́ma gúhyaṃ yád ásti jihvā́ devā́nām amṛtásya nā́bhiḥ ||

From the ocean of being a wave of sweetness rises; by the subtle (upāṃśu) pressing it attains the state of immortality. This is the secret name of the ghee: it is the tongue of the gods, the navel-centre of the immortal.

समुद्रात्from the ocean
समुद्रात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) < सम्+उद्र/उदन् (समास)
ऊर्मिःa wave, surge
ऊर्मिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिक)
मधुमान्honeyed, sweet
मधुमान्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
उद्up, forth
उद्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग)
आरत्arose, sprang forth
आरत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootऋ (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आरत्
उपांशुनाin a low voice, secretly
उपांशुना:
Karaṇa
TypeIndeclinable (instrumental used adverbially)
Rootउपांशु (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग)
अमृतत्वम्immortality
अमृतत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootअमृतत्व (प्रातिपदिक) < अमृत + त्व
आनट्attained, reached
आनट्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootनश्/अश् (धातु: ‘to reach, attain’) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आनट्
घृतस्यof ghee, of clarified butter
घृतस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (प्रातिपदिक)
नामthe name
नाम:
Kartā/Viśeṣya (in nominal clause)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
गुह्यम्hidden, secret
गुह्यम्:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootगुह्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण) < गुह् ‘to hide’
यत्which
यत्:
Kartā (अस्ति इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun/Relative
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
जिह्वाthe tongue
जिह्वा:
Kartā (नामवाक्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अमृतस्यof immortality / of the immortal (nectar)
अमृतस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
नाभिःnavel, hub, central point
नाभिः:
Kartā (नामवाक्ये; जिह्वा … नाभिः)
TypeNoun
Rootनाभि (प्रातिपदिक)

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