Rig Veda 1.48.10: Mandala 1, Sukta 48, Mantra 10
Sukta 1.48
Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa
Devata: Uṣas
Chandas: Jagatī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विश्वस्य हि प्राणनं जीवनं त्वे वि यदुच्छसि सूनरि । सा नो रथेन बृहता विभावरि श्रुधि चित्रामघे हवम् ॥
Transliteration
víśvasya hí prā́ṇanaṃ jī́vanaṃ tvé ví yád ucchási sūnari | sā́ no ráthena bṛhatā́ vibhāvari śrudhí citrāmaghe hávam ||
Translation
فإنّ فيكِ نَفَسَ كلّ شيءٍ وحياتَه حين تشرقين، يا أيتها الشروقُ الماهرة. فاسمعي نداءنا، يا واسعةَ الإشراق، على مركبتك العظيمة، يا ذاتَ الثرواتِ المضيئة.
Word by Word
विश्वस्यof all, of the whole
विश्वस्य:
Sambandha (genitival relation)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
प्राणनम्breathing, enlivening
प्राणनम्:
Karma (as predicate/object notion: ‘breathing/animation’)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राणन (from √अन् ‘to breathe’ with pra-)
जीवनम्life, living
जीवनम्:
Karma (predicate/object notion)
TypeNoun
Rootजीवन (from √जीव् ‘to live’)
त्वेin you
त्वे:
Adhikaraṇa (locus: ‘in you’)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
विapart, forth, widely
वि:
—
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootवि
यत्when; that which
यत्:
Karma (relative object: ‘when/that which’)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्
उच्छसिyou dawn, you shine forth
उच्छसि:
Kartā (you as agent)
TypeVerb
Root√वस् (ucch- < ud+√वस् ‘to shine, dawn’)
सूनरिO fair/bright one (Uṣas)
सूनरि:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootसूनरी
साshe
सा:
Kartā (she = Uṣas)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootतद्
नःfor us; of us
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary: ‘for us’) / Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
रथेनwith a chariot
रथेन:
Karaṇa (instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
बृहताgreat, lofty
बृहता:
Karaṇa (qualifier of instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त्
विwidely, forth
वि:
—
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootवि
भावरिO radiant one (dispeller of darkness)
भावरि:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootविभावरी
श्रुधिhear! listen!
श्रुधि:
Kartā (you as agent of hearing)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु
चित्रामघेO you of splendid bounty
चित्रामघे:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootचित्रामघा
हवम्invocation, call
हवम्:
Karma (object of ‘hear’)
TypeNoun
Rootहव
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