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Rig Veda 6.50.2: Mandala 6, Sukta 50, Mantra 2

Sukta 6.50

Rishi: Śaśabindu (attributed seer of RV 6.50 in the Śaunaka tradition; also transmitted under Bhāradvāja-line book context)
Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (All Gods) with prominent invocations of Sūrya/Agni as mediating powers
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (dominant for this hymn/section)

सुज्योतिषः सूर्य दक्षपितॄननागास्त्वे सुमहो वीहि देवान् । द्विजन्मानो य ऋतसापः सत्याः स्वर्वन्तो यजता अग्निजिह्वाः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.50.2

su-jyótiṣaḥ sū́rya dákṣa-pitṝ́n anāgā́s tve su-máho vīhi devā́n | dví-janmāno yá ṛtá-sā́paḥ satyā́ḥ svàr-vanto yajatā́ agní-jihvāḥ ||

O Sonne des guten Lichtes, führe die Götter herbei — die starken Väter rechten Erkennens, makellos in deiner Weite, o Erhabener. Die Zweimalgeborenen, die vom Ṛta trinken, die Wahrhaftigen, die das Himmelslicht in sich tragen, die Verehrungswürdigen, mit Agni als Zunge der Opfergabe — bring sie zu uns.

सुज्योतिषःof good light / radiant
सुज्योतिषः:
Kartā (देवानां विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यO Sūrya
सूर्य:
(सम्बोधन) —
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
दक्षपितॄन्the skillful Fathers (ancestral fathers)
दक्षपितॄन्:
Karma (वीहि इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षपितृ (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष-समासः ‘दक्षः पितृणाम्’/‘दक्षः पितृ-’)
अनागाःsinless, guiltless
अनागाः:
Kartā (देवानां विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्- + आगस् (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वेin/with you
त्वे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootत्वम् (सर्वनाम)
सुमहोO very-great one
सुमहो:
(सम्बोधन) —
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + महस्/मह (प्रातिपदिक)
वीहिconvey, bring
वीहि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहति) + वि-
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
Karma (वीहि इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
द्विजन्मानःthe twice-born (having two births)
द्विजन्मानः:
Kartā (य इत्यस्य विशेष्याः)
TypeAdjective (substantival)
Rootद्वि- + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः)
यwho
य:
Kartā
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
ऋतसापःattaining/serving ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतसापः:
Kartā (य-सम्बद्ध-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋत- + साप (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)
सत्याःtrue
सत्याः:
Kartā (य-सम्बद्ध-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वर्वन्तःpossessing heaven/light (splendid)
स्वर्वन्तः:
Kartā (य-सम्बद्ध-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वर् + वन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
यजताःworthy of worship
यजताः:
Kartā (य-सम्बद्ध-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootयजत (प्रातिपदिक; √यज् से)
अग्निजिह्वाःhaving Agni as (their) tongue (i.e., whose mouth is fire)
अग्निजिह्वाः:
Kartā (य-सम्बद्ध-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi)
Rootअग्नि + जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि ‘अग्निः जिह्वा यस्य’)

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