Rig Veda 10.43.9: Mandala 10, Sukta 43, Mantra 9

Sukta 10.43

Devata: Indra (with strong solar/ṛta imagery; possibly Indra as satpati and bringer of jyotis)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; RV 10 hymns commonly in triṣṭubh—needs confirmation against a metrical count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उज्जायतां परशुर्ज्योतिषा सह भूया ऋतस्य सुदुघा पुराणवत् । वि रोचतामरुषो भानुना शुचिः स्वर्ण शुक्रं शुशुचीत सत्पतिः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.43.9

Transliteration

úd jāyatāṃ paráśur jyótiṣā sahá bhūyā́ ṛtásya su-dughā́ purāṇá-vat | ví rocatām aruṣó bhānúnā śúciḥ svàrṇa śukráṃ śuśucīta sát-patiḥ ||

Translation

لِيُولَدْ إلى العُلا سلاحُ الشَّقّ (پَرَشُو) مع النور؛ ولْيَصِرْ حالِبُ الحقّ (ṛta) الغزيرُ العطاءِ من جديدٍ كما كان في القِدَم. ولْيَتَلألأِ الأَحْمَرُ بضيائه الطاهر؛ فإنَّ سَتْپَتي، سيّدَ الصدق، قد أوقد في الداخل إشراقَ عالمِ الشمسِ اللامع.

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• उज्जा॑यताम्: let (two) be born / arise
• उज्जा॑यताम्: (विधेय-क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√जन् (जायते) / √जन्

• पर॒शुः: the axe (cleaver)
• पर॒शुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: परशु-

• ज्योति॑षा: with light / by radiance
• ज्योति॑षा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस्-

• स॒ह: together with
• स॒ह: (सह-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• भू॒या: may it be / may it become
• भू॒या: (विधेय-क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू

• ऋ॒तस्य॑: of ṛta (cosmic order / truth)
• ऋ॒तस्य॑: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत-

• सु॒दुघा॑: well-milking / yielding well
• सु॒दुघा॑: Kartā (as predicate-noun/adj. to implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुघा- (दुघा- < √दुह्)

• पुराण॒वत्: as of old / in the ancient manner
• पुराण॒वत्: (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुराण- + वत्

• वि: apart, forth, widely
• वि: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि

• रो॑चताम्: let (two) shine forth
• रो॑चताम्: (विधेय-क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुच्

• अरु॒षः: the ruddy one (reddish, tawny)
• अरु॒षः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अरुष-

• भा॒नुना॒: with (his) beam / splendor
• भा॒नुना॒: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु-

• शुचि॒ः: bright, pure
• शुचि॒ः: Kartā (as epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि-

• स्व॑र्णम्: gold
• स्व॑र्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ण-

• शु॒क्रम्: bright, shining
• शु॒क्रम्: Karma (apposition to स्वर्णम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्र-

• शु॑शुचीत: has shone intensely / kept blazing
• शु॑शुचीत: (विधेय-क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शुच् (शोचति/शुच्यति) / desiderative? intensive?

• सत्प॑तिः: lord of the good / true lord
• सत्प॑तिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सत्- + पति-