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Rig Veda 4.58.2: Mandala 4, Sukta 58, Mantra 2

Sukta 4.58

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Ghṛta / Brahman (formative Word) as revelatory power
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

वयं नाम प्र ब्रवामा घृतस्यास्मिन्यज्ञे धारयामा नमोभिः । उप ब्रह्मा शृणवच्छस्यमानं चतुःशृङ्गोऽवमीद्गौर एतत् ॥

vayáṃ nā́ma prá bravāma ghṛtásyā́smin yajñé dhārayāmā námo-bhiḥ | úpa brahmā́ śṛṇavac chasyámānaṃ catúḥ-śṛṅgo ’vamīd gáur etát ||

We declare indeed the name of the ghee; in this yajña we uphold it with acts of surrender. May the forming Word (brahmā) hear what is being pronounced; the four-horned Bull has lowed forth this truth.

वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नामindeed; namely; (quotative/emphatic)
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootनामन् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक) → अव्ययीभाव/निपात-रूप ‘नाम’
प्रforth; forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ब्रवामwe speak; we proclaim
ब्रवाम:
कर्तृ-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
घृतस्यof ghee; of clarified butter
घृतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञेin the sacrifice
यज्ञे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
धारयामwe hold; we maintain; we support
धारयाम:
कर्तृ-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootधृ (धातु) + णिच् (कारणार्थक) → धारय-
नमोभिःwith reverences; with obeisances
नमोभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
उपtowards; near
उप:
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ब्रह्माthe Brahman (priest)
ब्रह्मा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) / ब्रह्मन् (पुंलिङ्ग ‘ब्रह्मा’ = पुरोहित/ब्राह्मण-पुरुष)
शृणवत्may (he) hear
शृणवत्:
कर्तृ-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
शस्यमानम्being praised; being recited
शस्यमानम्:
कर्म
TypeParticiple
Rootशंस् (धातु) → शस्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + यमान (passive pres. ptc.)
चतुःशृङ्गःfour-horned
चतुःशृङ्गः:
कर्तृ (of following verb)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootचतुर् + शृङ्ग (समास: बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्राय) → चतुःशृङ्ग
अवमीद्lowed; bellowed
अवमीद्:
कर्तृ-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअव + मी (धातु; ‘to bellow/low’ in Vedic usage) / वैदिक रूप ‘अवमीद्’ (aorist/preterite)
गौःthe cow
गौः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगो (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; RV often masc. in form)
एतत्this
एतत्:
कर्म/विषय (object/content)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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