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Rig Veda 10.85.13: Mandala 10, Sukta 85, Mantra 13

Sukta 10.85

Rishi: Sūryā Sāvitri (traditional)
Devata: Savitṛ and Sūryā (procession under Savitṛ’s impulsion)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

सूर्याया वहतुः प्रागात्सविता यमवासृजत् । अघासु हन्यन्ते गावोऽर्जुन्योः पर्युह्यते ॥

sūryā́yā vahatúḥ prā́gāt savitā́ yám avā́sṛjat | aghā́su hanyante gā́vo 'rjúnyoḥ pár yuhyate ||

Der Brautzug der Sūryā ist vorangegangen; Savitṛ hat ihn freigegeben — hinab in die Erscheinung. In feindlicher Finsternis werden die Kühe geschlagen; doch die helle Kraft wird ringsumher getragen und hindurchgeführt — behütet von der recht schreitenden Macht.

सूर्यायाःof Sūryā (the bride)
सूर्यायाः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्या (प्रातिपदिक) < सूर्य
वहतुःthe bridal procession / wedding-car
वहतुः:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootवहतु (प्रातिपदिक) < √वह् (to carry/lead)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
अगात्went
अगात्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (to go)
सविताSavitṛ (the impeller, Sun-god)
सविता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अवdown, away
अव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव
असृजत्released, let go
असृजत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√सृज् (to release, let go)
अघासुin/among evils, in misfortunes
अघासु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootअघ (प्रातिपदिक)
हन्यन्तेare struck/are slain
हन्यन्ते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (to strike, slay)
गावःcows
गावः:
कर्तृ (surface subject; patient in passive sense)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्जुन्योःof Arjunya (the storm-cloud/Arjunya)
अर्जुन्योः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootअर्जुन्य (प्रातिपदिक; name/epithet, often of a storm-cloud/Arjunya)
परिaround
परि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि
ऊह्यतेis carried/led (is borne along)
ऊह्यते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वह् / √ऊह् (Vedic usage: ‘to carry/lead/drive’; here passive)

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