Rig Veda 4.51.7 — Mandala 4, Sukta 51, Mantra 7
Sukta 4.51
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 4)
Devata: Uṣas (Dawn)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ता घा ता भद्रा उषसः पुरासुरभिष्टिद्युम्ना ऋतजातसत्याः । यास्वीजानः शशमान उक्थैः स्तुवञ्छंसन्द्रविणं सद्य आप ॥
Transliteration
tā ghā tā bhadrā uṣásaḥ purāsur abhiṣṭí-dyumnā ṛtajāta-satyāḥ | yāsu ījānáḥ śaśamāná ukthaíḥ stuváñ cháṃsan dráviṇaṃ sadyá āpa ||
Translation
هنَّ حقًّا—هنَّ فُجُورُ الأزمنةِ الأولى المباركات، غنياتٌ ببَهاءِ الظَّفَر، مولوداتٌ من Ṛta (النِّظام الحقّ) صادقاتُ الكينونة. فيهنَّ نالَ اليَجَمَانَا (مُقيمُ اليَجْنَا)، وهو يعبدُ ويكدحُ بـ uktha (كلمةِ التمجيد)، مُسبِّحًا مُعلِنًا، على الفور draviṇa—الثروةَ الباطنة.
Word by Word
ताःthose (fem. pl.)
ताः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
घindeed, surely
घ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (निपात)
ताःthose
ताः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भद्राःauspicious, gracious
भद्राः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उषसःDawns
उषसः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पुराformerly, before
पुरा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
सुरभिष्टिद्युम्नाःhaving fragrant/pleasant help and radiance (glory)
सुरभिष्टिद्युम्नाः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुरभिष्टि-द्युम्न (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतजातसत्याःwhose truth is born of ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतजातसत्याः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋत-जात-सत्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
यास्वीजानःthe worshipper (sacrificer) who has gone/approached (to them)
यास्वीजानः:
Kartā
TypeKṛdanta (agent noun) + (compound)
Rootयासु + ईजान (√यज् ‘to worship’, क्त/क्विप्-आधारित कृत्; ‘ईजान’ = यजमान/यष्टा)
शशमानःstriving, exerting
शशमानः:
Kartā (समानाधिकरण)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√शम्/शम (Vedic: ‘to toil/strive, be active’; present participle)
उक्थैःwith hymns/recitations
उक्थैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
स्तुवन्praising
स्तुवन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√स्तु (to praise) शतृ-प्रत्यय
शंसन्reciting, lauding
शंसन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√शंस् (to proclaim/praise) शतृ-प्रत्यय
द्रविणम्wealth, bounty
द्रविणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्रविण (प्रातिपदिक)
सद्यःimmediately, at once
सद्यः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः (अव्यय)
आपattained, obtained
आप:
—
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (to obtain, reach) — लिट्/लुङ्-रूप (Vedic injunctive/aorist usage)
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