Mantra 1

Sukta 57

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुरूपकृत्नुमूतये सुदुघामिव गोदुहे ।जुहूमसि द्यविद्यवि

IAST Transliteration

surūpakṛ́tnum ūtáye sudúghām iva godúhe | juhū́masi dyávi-dyavi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Him, fair-fashioned, for our aid—like a good-milking cow to the cow-milker—do we invoke, day after day.

Translation

Chúng con ngày này qua ngày khác khấn gọi Ngài—đấng hình dung mỹ hảo, được tạo tác tinh xảo, để cứu trợ chúng con—như bò cái cho sữa tốt đối với người vắt sữa.

Word by Word

• सुरूपकृत्नु: of good form and effective/skillful
• सुरूपकृत्नु: सम्प्रदान (उतये इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरूप- (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत्नु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊतये: for help; for aid
• ऊतये: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुदुघाम्: well-milking; yielding well
• सुदुघाम्: कर्म (इव-उपमानपदस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + दुह् (धातु) → दोग्धृ/दुघा (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• गोदुहे: in/with the cow-milker
• गोदुहे: अधिकरण (उपमान-स्थाने ‘in/at the cow-milker’ = ‘as with a cow-milker’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोदुह् (गो- + दुह्) (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुहूमसि: we offer; we pour (oblations)
• जुहूमसि: क्रिया (कर्तृ = वयम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु) — जुहोति (होम/आहुति-क्रिया)

• द्यवि: in heaven; in the sky
• द्यवि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यवि: in heaven (again)
• द्यवि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance; r̥ṣi not determinable from the isolated verse here.

Devata: Unclear from the single verse; likely an Indra-associated or general beneficent power in the surrounding hymn context.

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh or a short RV meter; exact meter requires full hymn context.

Mantra Rasa

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