About this stotra
A farmer's prayer to god of fields (क्षेत्रपति), from Rigveda (ऋग्वेद) 4.57. The devotee prays for abundant harvest, increase in cattle and horses, good rains. He prays for everybody's welfare and prosperity.
Kshetrapati Suktam lyrics and meaning
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Verse 1
क्षेत्रस्य पतिना वयं हितेनेव जयामसि ।
गामश्वं पोषयित्न्वा स नो मृळातीदृशे ॥१॥
kṣetrasya patinā vayaṃ hiteneva jayāmasi .
gāmaśvaṃ poṣayitnvā sa no mṛl̤ātīdṛśe ..1..
We invoke the lord of the kshetra (i.e. lord of the field) by whose grace indeed we prosper, may he through his gracious look increase our cattle and horses.
Word by word
- क्षेत्रस्य (kṣetrasya)
- of the field (kṣetra:field | asya:of)
- पतिना (patinā)
- by the lord
- वयं (vayaṃ)
- we
- हितेन (hitena)
- by grace
- इव (iva)
- like
- जयामसि (jayāmasi)
- we prosper
- गाम् (gām)
- cattle
- अश्वम् (aśvam)
- horses
- पोषयित्न्वा (poṣayitvā)
- nourishing
- स (sa)
- he
- नः (naḥ)
- us
- मृळाति (mṛḷāti)
- graciously looks
- ईदृशे (īdṛśe)
- in this manner
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Verse 2
क्षेत्रस्य पते मधुमन्तमूर्मिं धेनुरिव पयो अस्मासु धुक्ष्व ।
मधुश्चुतं घृतमिव सुपूतमृतस्य नः पतयो मृळयन्तु ॥२॥
kṣetrasya pate madhumantamūrmiṃ dhenuriva payo asmāsu dhukṣva .
madhuścutaṃ ghṛtamiva supūtamṛtasya naḥ patayo mṛl̤ayantu ..2..
O lord of the kshetra (field), with the sweet waves of mother nature's blessings, may you milk our fields like the milk of a cow (i.e. yield abundant harvest), with the sweetness of rita (mother nature's divine law confering bounty), which falls like clarified butter, may you shed your grace on us.
Word by word
- क्षेत्रस्य (kṣetrasya)
- of the field
- पते (pate)
- O lord
- मधुमन्तम् (madhumantam)
- sweet
- ऊर्मिम् (ūrmim)
- wave
- धेनुः (dhenuḥ)
- cow
- इव (iva)
- like
- पयः (payaḥ)
- milk
- अस्मासु (asmāsu)
- in us
- धुक्ष्व (dhukṣva)
- milk
- मधुश्चुतम् (madhuścutam)
- sweetness falling (madhu:sweetness | ścutam:falling)
- घृतम् (ghṛtam)
- clarified butter
- इव (iva)
- like
- सुपूतम् (supūtam)
- well purified
- ऋतस्य (ṛtasya)
- of divine law
- नः (naḥ)
- our
- पतयः (patayaḥ)
- lords
- मृळयन्तु (mṛḷayantu)
- may they shed grace
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Verse 3
मधुमतीरोषधीर्द्याव आपो मधुमन्नो भवत्वन्तरिक्षम् ।
क्षेत्रस्य पतिर्मधुमान्नो अस्त्वरिष्यन्तो अन्वेनं चरेम ॥३॥
madhumatīroṣadhīrdyāva āpo madhumanno bhavatvantarikṣam .
kṣetrasya patirmadhumānno astvariṣyanto anvenaṃ carema ..3..
May the plants be sweet (i.e. filled with nature's purity), may the sky be sweet (i.e. filled with nature's purity), may the waters be sweet (i.e. filled with nature's purity), and may the space be sweet (i.e. filled with nature's purity) to us. May the lord of the kshetra (field) be sweet to us, and may we be devoted followers of him (i.e. take recourse to nature's bounty and prosper).
Word by word
- मधुमतीः (madhumatīḥ)
- sweet
- ओषधीः (oṣadhīḥ)
- plants
- द्यावः (dyāvaḥ)
- skies
- आपः (āpaḥ)
- waters
- मधुमत् (madhumat)
- sweet
- नः (naḥ)
- to us
- भवतु (bhavatu)
- may be
- अन्तरिक्षम् (antarikṣam)
- space
- क्षेत्रस्य (kṣetrasya)
- of the field
- पतिः (patiḥ)
- lord
- मधुमान् (madhumān)
- sweet
- नः (naḥ)
- to us
- अस्तु (astu)
- may be
- अरिष्यन्तः (ariṣyantaḥ)
- devoted followers
- अनु (anu)
- after
- एनम् (enam)
- him
- चरेम (carema)
- may we move
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Verse 4
शुनं वाहाः शुनं नरः शुनं कृषतु लाङ्गलम् ।
शुनं वरत्रा बध्यन्तां शुनमष्ट्रामुदिङ्गय ॥४॥
śunaṃ vāhāḥ śunaṃ naraḥ śunaṃ kṛṣatu lāṅgalam .
śunaṃ varatrā badhyantāṃ śunamaṣṭrāmudiṅgaya ..4..
May the oxen drawing the plough bring welfare and prosperity to all, may the farmer driving the oxen bring welfare and prosperity to all, may the plough making furrows bring welfare and prosperity to all, may the strap binding the plough bring welfare and prosperity to all, and may the goad swinging towards the oxen bring welfare and prosperity to all.
Word by word
- शुनं (śunaṃ)
- welfare and prosperity
- वाहाः (vāhāḥ)
- oxen
- शुनं (śunaṃ)
- welfare and prosperity
- नरः (naraḥ)
- man
- शुनं (śunaṃ)
- welfare and prosperity
- कृषतु (kṛṣatu)
- may plough
- लाङ्गलम् (lāṅgalam)
- plough
- शुनं (śunaṃ)
- welfare and prosperity
- वरत्रा (varatrā)
- straps
- बध्यन्तां (badhyantāṃ)
- may be bound
- शुनम् (śunam)
- welfare and prosperity
- अष्ट्राम् (aṣṭrām)
- goad
- उदिङ्गय (udiṅgaya)
- swing towards
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Verse 5
शुनासीराविमां वाचं जुषेथां यद्दिवि चक्रथुः पयः ।
तेनेमामुप सिञ्चतम् ॥५॥
śunāsīrāvimāṃ vācaṃ juṣethāṃ yaddivi cakrathuḥ payaḥ .
tenemāmupa siñcatam ..5..
May Shuna and Shira (deities of the farmers) who created waters (i.e. clouds) in the sky be pleased with our prayers, and by it (i.e. by the clouds), (may they) sprinkle waters (in our fields as rains).
Word by word
- शुनासीरौ (śunāsīrau)
- Shuna and Shira (śuna:Shuna | śīra:Shira)
- इमां (imāṃ)
- this
- वाचं (vācaṃ)
- speech
- जुषेथाम् (juṣethām)
- be pleased
- यत् (yat)
- which
- दिवि (divi)
- in the sky
- चक्रथुः (cakrathuḥ)
- created
- पयः (payaḥ)
- waters
- तेन (tena)
- by it
- इमाम् (imām)
- this
- उप (upa)
- near
- सिञ्चतम् (siñcatam)
- sprinkle
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Verse 6
अर्वाची सुभगे भव सीते वन्दामहे त्वा ।
यथा नः सुभगाससि यथा नः सुफलाससि ॥६॥
arvācī subhage bhava sīte vandāmahe tvā .
yathā naḥ subhagāsasi yathā naḥ suphalāsasi ..6..
O devi Sita, turn towards us and be gracious, we extol and worship you. This is Sita of Rig veda which is much earlier than Ramayana. So that you become favourable to us (by showering your blessings), so that you become the source of abundant harvest.
Word by word
- अर्वाची (arvācī)
- turn towards us
- सुभगे (subhage)
- O fortunate one
- भव (bhava)
- become
- सीते (sīte)
- O Sita
- वन्दामहे (vandāmahe)
- we worship
- त्वा (tvā)
- you
- यथा (yathā)
- so that
- नः (naḥ)
- to us
- सुभगाससि (subhagāsasi)
- you become favorable (subhaga:favorable | āsasi:you become)
- यथा (yathā)
- so that
- नः (naḥ)
- to us
- सुफलाससि (suphalāsasi)
- you become fruitful (suphala:fruitful | āsasi:you become)
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Verse 7
इन्द्रः सीतां नि गृह्णातु तां पूषानु यच्छतु ।
सा नः पयस्वती दुहामुत्तरामुत्तरां समाम् ॥७॥
indraḥ sītāṃ ni gṛhṇātu tāṃ pūṣānu yacchatu .
sā naḥ payasvatī duhāmuttarāmuttarāṃ samām ..7..
May Indra take hold of the furrows (while we plough), and may pushan sustain her (i.e sustain the furrows), may she (i.e. mother earth) who is full of milk, yield us abundant crops year after year.
Word by word
- इन्द्रः (indraḥ)
- Indra
- सीताम् (sītām)
- furrow
- नि (ni)
- down
- गृह्णातु (gṛhṇātu)
- may take hold
- ताम् (tām)
- her
- पूषा (pūṣā)
- Pushan
- अनु (anu)
- after
- यच्छतु (yacchatu)
- may sustain
- सा (sā)
- she
- नः (naḥ)
- us
- पयस्वती (payasvatī)
- full of milk
- दुहाम् (duhām)
- yield
- उत्तराम् (uttarām)
- abundant
- उत्तरां (uttarāṃ)
- year after year
- समाम् (samām)
- crops
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Verse 8
शुनं नः फाला वि कृषन्तु भूमिं शुनं कीनाशा अभि यन्तु वाहैः ।
शुनं पर्जन्यो मधुना पयोभीः शुनासीरा शुनमस्मासु धत्तम् ॥८॥
śunaṃ naḥ phālā vi kṛṣantu bhūmiṃ śunaṃ kīnāśā abhi yantu vāhaiḥ .
śunaṃ parjanyo madhunā payobhīḥ śunāsīrā śunamasmāsu dhattam ..8..
May the plough share making furrows on the earth bring welfare and prosperity to all, may the farmer driving the oxen bring welfare and prosperity to all, may parjanya (the rain god) by giving sweet rains (i.e. pure rain waters) bring welfare and prosperity to all, and may Shuna and Shira bestow welfare and prosperity to all of us.
Word by word
- शुनं (śunaṃ)
- welfare and prosperity
- नः (naḥ)
- to us
- फाला (phālā)
- plough shares
- वि (vi)
- apart
- कृषन्तु (kṛṣantu)
- may they plough
- भूमिं (bhūmiṃ)
- earth
- शुनं (śunaṃ)
- welfare and prosperity
- कीनाशा (kīnāśā)
- farmers
- अभि (abhi)
- towards
- यन्तु (yantu)
- may they go
- वाहैः (vāhaiḥ)
- with oxen
- शुनं (śunaṃ)
- welfare and prosperity
- पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ)
- rain god
- मधुना (madhunā)
- with sweetness
- पयोभीः (payobhīḥ)
- with waters
- शुनासीरा (śunāsīrā)
- Shuna and Shira (śuna:Shuna | sīra:Shira)
- शुनमस्मासु (śunamasmāsu)
- welfare to us (śuna:welfare | asmāsu:to us)
- धत्तम् (dhattam)
- may you bestow
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