Rig Veda 8.27.19: Mandala 8, Sukta 27, Mantra 19
Sukta 8.27
Devata: Ādityas / Viśve Devāḥ (viśva-vedasaḥ), with Sūrya as temporal marker
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यदद्य सूर्य उद्यति प्रियक्षत्रा ऋतं दध । यन्निम्रुचि प्रबुधि विश्ववेदसो यद्वा मध्यंदिने दिवः ॥
Transliteration
yád adyá sū́rya udyatí priya-kṣátrā ṛtáṃ dádha | yán nimrúci prabúdhi viśva-vedaso yád vā madhyándine diváḥ ||
Translation
سواءٌ اليومَ حين يطلع سُوريا تُقيمون السيادةَ المحبوبةَ لـ«رِتا»؛ أو عند الغسقِ حين يأفل، أو عند اليقظةِ—يا عارفي كلِّ شيء—أو في منتصفِ نهارِ السماء: في كلِّ انعطافٍ للزمنِ أرسوا فينا النظامَ القويم.
Word by Word
यत्when/that which
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द
अद्यtoday/now
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
उद्यतिrises/goes up
उद्यति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-या (धातु: या ‘to go’ उपसर्ग: उद्)
प्रियक्षत्राःhaving dear dominion / of beloved sovereignty
प्रियक्षत्राः:
Kartā (सहकर्ता/विशेषणरूपेण) অথবা Kartā (यदि ‘विश्ववेदसः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय-क्षत्र (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतम्ṛta; cosmic order/truth
ऋतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
दधplace/establish (you)
दध:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु ‘to place, set’)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
निम्रुचिat the setting (at dusk)
निम्रुचि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनि-√म्रुच्/म्रुच् (धातु ‘to become dark, set’/‘to sink’; उपसर्ग: नि)
प्रबुधिat the awakening (dawn)
प्रबुधि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-√बुध् (धातु ‘to awake, notice’; उपसर्ग: प्र)
विश्ववेदसःO all-knowing ones
विश्ववेदसः:
Sampradāna/सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun
Rootविश्व-विदस् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
मध्यम्दिनेat midday
मध्यम्दिने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमध्यं-दिन (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof the day / of heaven
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक ‘day/sky’)
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