Mantra 1

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उद् घेदभि श्रुतामघं वृषभं नर्यापसम्। अस्तारमेषि सूर्य

IAST Transliteration

úd ghed abhí śrutā́m agháṃ vṛṣabháṃ naryā́pasam | ástāram eṣi sū́rya ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Up verily thou movest against the famed evil—(as) the Bull of manly deeds, the Overcomer: thou goest on, O Sūrya.

Translation

حقًّا إنك تنهضُ في مواجهة الشرّ المشهور—كالثورِ ذي الأعمالِ الرجولية، الغالبِ القاهر؛ تمضي قُدُمًا، يا سُوريا.

Word by Word

• उत्: up, forth
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग)

• घ: indeed, surely
• घ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: घ (निपात)

• इद्: just, indeed
• इद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (निपात)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग)

• श्रुताम्: the famed/renowned (one)
• श्रुताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त) / श्रुता (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)

• अघम्: evil, sin, harm
• अघम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषभम्: bull; (fig.) the strong one
• वृषभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• नर्यापसम्: having manly deeds; of heroic work
• नर्यापसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: नर्य (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + अपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तारम्: the spreader/strewer; one who lays out
• अस्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: स्तॄ (धातु) → स्तार (कृदन्त, एजेंट-नाउन)

• एषि: you go / you move toward
• एषि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/एष् (धातु ‘इष्/एष्’ = गत्यर्थ/अन्वेषणार्थ; वैदिक प्रयोग)

• सूर्य: O Sun
• सूर्य: Sampradāna (addressed) / —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance; attributed per the corresponding RV hymn’s seer in traditional indices.

Devata: Sūrya (with heroic epithets overlapping Indraic style)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (as transmitted)

Mantra Rasa

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