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Rig Veda 10.85.20: Mandala 10, Sukta 85, Mantra 20

Sukta 10.85

Rishi: Sūryā Sāvitri (traditional attribution within the Sūryā-vivāha hymn complex); sometimes transmitted under the broader wedding-hymn rubric of RV 10.85
Devata: Sūrya/Savitṛ as the illumining power presiding over the bridal passage (inner Sun guiding the soul’s union)
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (as typical for much of RV 10.85; exact pada-count may vary by recensional analysis)

सुकिंशुकं शल्मलिं विश्वरूपं हिरण्यवर्णं सुवृतं सुचक्रम् । आ रोह सूर्ये अमृतस्य लोकं स्योनं पत्ये वहतुं कृणुष्व ॥

su-kiṃśukaṃ śalmaliṃ viśvarūpaṃ hiraṇyavarṇaṃ suvṛtaṃ sucakram | ā roha sūrye amṛtasya lokaṃ syonaṃ patye vahatuṃ kṛṇuṣva ||

Bekleide dich mit dem strahlenden Gewand — dem śalmali, allgestaltig, goldfarben, wohlgewebt, in heilsamem Kreislauf. Steig empor, o Sūrya, in die Welt der Unsterblichkeit; bereite der Gattin die Hochzeitsfahrt zum Gatten — glückverheißend, sicher, selig.

सु-किंशुकम्bright-red (like kiṃśuka)
सु-किंशुकम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootकिंशुक (प्रातिपदिक)
श॑ल्म॒लिम्the śālmali tree
श॑ल्म॒लिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशाल्मलि (प्रातिपदिक)
वि॒श्वरू॑पम्of all forms, multiform
वि॒श्वरू॑पम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
हिर॑ण्य-वर्णम्golden-coloured
हिर॑ण्य-वर्णम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्य-वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
सु-वृतम्well-enclosed / well-rounded
सु-वृतम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-वृत (प्रातिपदिक; वृत < √वृ/वृञ् ‘to cover/choose; enclosed/rounded’)
सु-चक्रम्having a good wheel / fair-wheeled
सु-चक्रम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
forth, up, towards
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
रोहmount! ascend!
रोह:
TypeVerb
Root√रुह् (रुहँ) ‘to ascend, mount’
सूर्येin/onto the Sun
सूर्ये:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अ॒मृत॑स्यof immortality
अ॒मृत॑स्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
लो॒कम्world, realm
लो॒कम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
स्यो॒नम्pleasant, kindly, auspicious
स्यो॒नम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्योन (प्रातिपदिक)
पत्ये॑for the husband
पत्ये॑:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
वह॒तुम्to convey, to bear (as bridal procession)
वह॒तुम्:
प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य (क्रियार्थ)
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहँ) ‘to carry, convey’
कृ॑णुष्वmake! prepare!
कृ॑णुष्व:
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (डुकृञ्) ‘to make, do’

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