Rig Veda 7.81.6: Mandala 7, Sukta 81, Mantra 6

Sukta 7.81

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha family book, Maṇḍala 7; traditional attribution for Uṣas hymns here)

Devata: Uṣas (Dawn)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; RV 7.81 commonly in triṣṭubh/jagatī mix—this verse scans as triṣṭubh by cadence)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

श्रवः सूरिभ्यो अमृतं वसुत्वनं वाजाँ अस्मभ्यं गोमतः । चोदयित्री मघोनः सूनृतावत्युषा उच्छदप स्रिधः ॥

Transliteration

śrávaḥ sūríbhyó amṛ́taṃ vasutvanáṃ vājā́m̐ asmábhyaṃ gómataḥ | codayitrī maghónaḥ sūnṛ́tāvaty uṣā́ ucchád ápa srídhaḥ ||

Translation

هاتِ للـṛṣi (الرُّؤاة) السُّمعةَ الخالدة، وغِنى الوفرة؛ ولنا أيضًا هاتِ الغنائمَ القوية، المملوءةَ بالأشعّة. يا أُوشَس، يا مُحرِّكةَ الكرماء، يا ذاتَ الصدقِ المضيء (sūnṛtā)، أشرقي واطردي الاعوجاجَ والإخفاقات.

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• श्रवः: fame, glory
• श्रवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस्- (प्रातिपदिक; PIE *ḱléwos ‘fame’)

• सूरिभ्यः: to the patrons (bounteous men)
• सूरिभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि- (प्रातिपदिक ‘patron, noble’)

• अमृतम्: immortal (boon), ambrosial
• अमृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अ-मृत- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘immortal’, from √मृ ‘to die’ with privative a-)

• वसुत्वनम्: wealth-bestowal, richness
• वसुत्वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु-त्वन- (प्रातिपदिक; from वसु ‘wealth’ + -त्वन (abstract/result noun))

• वाजान्: prizes, boons, strengths
• वाजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज- (प्रातिपदिक ‘prize, strength, (esp.) race-prize/food’)

• अस्मभ्यम्: to us
• अस्मभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गोमतः: of/with the cow-rich (wealth)
• गोमतः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गो-मत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘possessing cows’)

• चोदयित्री: the impeller, awakener
• चोदयित्री: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: चोदयितृ- (कृदन्त; causative agent noun from √चुद् ‘to impel, urge’)

• मघोनः: of the bounteous one (patron)
• मघोनः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मघवन्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘bountiful, wealthy’; RV epithet)

• सूनृतावती: possessing gracious/true speech
• सूनृतावती: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूनृता-वत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having sūnṛtā = good/true speech, gracious utterance’)

• उषाः: Uṣas (Dawn)
• उषाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: उषस्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘Dawn’)

• उच्छत्: rose up, shone forth
• उच्छत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस्/वश्? → √उच्छ्/उद्+√छद् (verb ‘to rise/shine forth’; RV form from ud- + √छद्/छद् ‘to appear, shine/cover’ used as ‘uncover, rise’)

• अप: away, off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्रिधः: hindrances, harms
• स्रिधः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रिध्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘obstruction, harm, failure’; RV) অথবা स्रिध्- (noun)