Rig Veda 6.65.5: Mandala 6, Sukta 65, Mantra 5

Sukta 6.65

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition

Devata: Uṣas (with Angirasa mythic allusion; dawn linked to recovery of light)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इदा हि त उषो अद्रिसानो गोत्रा गवामङ्गिरसो गृणन्ति । व्यर्केण बिभिदुर्ब्रह्मणा च सत्या नृणामभवद्देवहूतिः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.65.5

Transliteration

idā́ hí te uṣo adrisāno gotrā́ gavā́m áṅgiraso gṛṇanti | vyàrkeṇa bibhidúr bráhmaṇā ca satyā́ nr̥ṇā́m abhavad deváhūtiḥ ||

Translation

Denn jetzt, o Uṣas, besingen dich die Aṅgirasas, o Steinpresser; (sie besingen) die Kuhställe der Strahlen. Mit dem Lied und mit dem heiligen Wort (brahman) brachen sie sie auf; wahr für die Menschen wurde der göttliche Ruf — das Kommen der Götter.

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Word by Word

• इदा: now, here (at this time)
• इदा: Adhikaraṇa (काल/प्रसङ्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदा (अव्यय)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• उषः: O Uṣas (Dawn)
• उषः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस्

• अद्रिसानः: O stone-winning/stone-conquering (epithet)
• अद्रिसानः: सम्बोधन (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्रि-सान (प्रातिपदिक; सान = ‘winning/overcoming’ from √सन्/√सह?; RV epithet)

• गोत्राः: cow-stalls, enclosures; clans
• गोत्राः: Karma (object of ‘they praise/they split’ in sense ‘the cow-stalls/clans’ as theme) / or Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र

• गवाम्: of the cows
• गवाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो

• अङ्गिरसः: the Aṅgirases (seer-clan)
• अङ्गिरसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस्

• गृणन्ति: praise, sing
• गृणन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गृ (गृणाति ‘to sing/praise’)

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• अर्केण: with a hymn/chant; with praise
• अर्केण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क

• बिभिदुः: they split, they broke open
• बिभिदुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भिद् (भिनत्ति ‘to split’)

• ब्रह्मणा: with sacred formulation/prayer
• ब्रह्मणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• सत्याः: true, real
• सत्याः: Kartā/Predicate adjective (agreement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ

• अभवत्: became, came to be
• अभवत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति ‘to be, become’)

• देवहूतिः: invocation/call to the gods
• देवहूतिः: Kartā (of ‘अभवत्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-हूति (हूति ‘invocation/call’ from √ह्वा/√हू ‘to call’)