Rig Veda 7.76.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 76, Mantra 4
Sukta 7.76
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Uṣas (with reference to Pitṛs and Ṛta)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त इद्देवानां सधमाद आसन्नृतावानः कवयः पूर्व्यासः । गूळ्हं ज्योतिः पितरो अन्वविन्दन्त्सत्यमन्त्रा अजनयन्नुषासम् ॥
Transliteration
ta íd devā́nāṃ sadhamā́da āsann ṛtā́vānaḥ kaváyaḥ pū́rvyāsaḥ | gūḷháṃ jyótiḥ pitáro ánv avindant satyámantrā ajanayann uṣā́sam ||
Translation
তাঁরা—প্রাচীন কবি-ঋষিগণ, দেবতাদের সাধারণ আনন্দ-সমাগমে একত্র, ঋত-ধারক—পথ অনুসারে গূঢ় জ্যোতি অন্বেষণ করে পেলেন। সত্য-মন্ত্র দ্বারা তাঁরা উষাকে জন্ম দিলেন।
Word by Word
तेthey
ते:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
सधमादःthe common feast/assembly (sacrificial session)
सधमादः:
अधिकारण (समासार्थे: ‘सधमादे’ = सधमाद-स्थाने)
TypeNoun
Rootसधमाद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सह-माद’/‘सध’ + ‘माद’)
आसन्were
आसन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
ऋतावानःpossessing ṛta (truth/order), righteous
ऋतावानः:
कर्तृ (ते इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतावन् (प्रातिपदिक)
कवयःseers, poets
कवयः:
कर्तृ (ते इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन्)
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्व्यासःancient, of old
पूर्व्यासः:
कर्तृ (ते इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पूर्व’ + य)
गूळ्हम्hidden
गूळ्हम्:
कर्म (अन्वविन्दन् इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootगूळ्ह (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √गुह् ‘गोपने’ का भूतकृदन्त/निष्पन्न-विशेषण)
ज्योतिःlight
ज्योतिः:
कर्म (अन्वविन्दन् इत्यस्य; गूळ्हं ज्योतिः)
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पितरःthe Fathers (ancestors)
पितरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्वविन्दन्found out, discovered
अन्वविन्दन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-√विद् (धातु; ‘विन्दति’)
सत्यमन्त्राःhaving true mantras / true in their formulas
सत्यमन्त्राः:
कर्तृ (पितरः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्य-मन्त्र (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
अजनयन्generated, brought forth
अजनयन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (णिच्) = जनयति (धातु)
उषासम्Uṣas (Dawn)
उषासम्:
कर्म (अजनयन् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
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