Rig Veda 5.79.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 79, Mantra 2

Sukta 5.79

Rishi: Syāvāśva Ātreya (traditional)

Devata: Uṣas

Chandas: Jagatī (traditional classification; verify in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

या सुनीथे शौचद्रथे व्यौच्छो दुहितर्दिवः । सा व्युच्छ सहीयसि सत्यश्रवसि वाय्ये सुजाते अश्वसूनृते ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.79.2

Transliteration

yā sunīthé śáucadrathe vyàuccho duhitar divaḥ | sā vyùccha sahīyasi satyáśravasi vāyyé sujāte aśvasūnṛte ||

Translation

أيتها التي أشرقتِ على السبيل الحسن، على المركبة المضيئة، يا ابنةَ السماء—أشرقي الآن؛ وازديادِي بأسًا، يا صادقةَ السمع، السائرةَ في vāyu (نَفَسِ الحياة)، يا حسنةَ المولد، يا حاملةَ القوةِ السريعةِ والكلمةِ المُفرِحة.

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• या: she who
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुनीथे: in good guidance / in good leading
• सुनीथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (locative) / epithet
• Root: सु-नीथ (प्रातिपदिक; सु + नीथ ‘नेतृत्व/मार्गदर्शन’)

• शौचद्रथे: in the bright/pure chariot
• शौचद्रथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (locative) / epithet
• Root: शौच-द्रथ (समास; शौच ‘शुद्धि/दीप्ति’ + द्रथ ‘रथ’)

• वि: forth, apart
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• औच्छः: you shone forth / you dawned
• औच्छः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्/उच् (धातु; √उच्/√वच् ‘उषः-प्रकाशे/उदय’ → ‘उच्छ्’ in Vedic usage)

• दुहितः: O daughter
• दुहितः: Sampradāna (address) / Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवः: of heaven / of the sky
• दिवः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक ‘द्यौ/दिव्’)

• सा: she (that one)
• सा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• उच्छ: shine forth! / dawn!
• उच्छ: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: उच्छ् (धातु; √उच्छ् ‘उदय/प्रकाश’)

• सहीयसि: you are stronger / you prevail
• सहीयसि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु; √सह् ‘बल/सहन’) + ईयस् (तुलनात्मक-प्रत्यय) → ‘सहीयस्’

• सत्यश्रवसि: O of true fame
• सत्यश्रवसि: Sampradāna (address) / Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative) / epithet
• Root: सत्य-श्रवस् (समास; सत्य ‘true’ + श्रवस् ‘fame/glory’)

• वाय्ये: in the airy/atmospheric (realm)
• वाय्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (locative) / epithet
• Root: वाय्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वायु-सम्बन्धिन्/वायव्य’)

• सुजाते: O well-born
• सुजाते: Sampradāna (address) / Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative)
• Root: सु-जात (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; सु + √जन् ‘to be born’)

• अश्वसूनृते: O Ashva-sūnṛtā (lady of horses and good/true speech)
• अश्वसूनृते: Sampradāna (address) / Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/epithet (vocative)
• Root: अश्व-सूनृत (समास; अश्व ‘horse’ + सूनृत ‘good speech/true utterance’; वैदिक देवीनाम)