Rig Veda 7.76.2 - Mandala 7, Sukta 76, Mantra 2

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Rig Veda 7.76.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 76, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.76

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha Maitrāvaruṇi tradition for Maṇḍala 7)

Devata: Uṣas (Dawn)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 7.76; requires metrical verification against pada syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र मे पन्था देवयाना अदृश्रन्नमर्धन्तो वसुभिरिष्कृतासः । अभूदु केतुरुषसः पुरस्तात्प्रतीच्यागादधि हर्म्येभ्यः ॥

Transliteration

prá me pánthā devayā́nā adṛśrann ámardhanto vásubhir íṣkṛtāsaḥ | abhūd u ketúr uṣásaḥ purástāt pratī́cy ā́gād ádhi harmyébhyaḥ ||

Translation

In mir sind die göttlichen Pfade sichtbar geworden, die götterwärts führenden, gestärkt und wohlgefügt durch die Mächte des Reichtums. Vorn ist das Bannerzeichen der Uṣas entstanden; sie wendet sich uns zu und kommt heran über den menschlichen Wohnstätten.

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward

मेof me / to me

पन्थाःthe path

देवयानाःgod-going, leading to the gods

अदृश्रन्appeared, became visible

अम्indeed (emphatic)

अर्धन्तःmoving/advancing, proceeding

वसुभिःwith riches, with good things

इष्कृतासःwell-prepared, well-equipped

अभूत्became, arose

उindeed, just

केतुःbanner, sign; light, radiance

उषसःof Dawn

पुरस्तात्in front, in the east, beforehand

प्रतीचीthe one facing toward (us), westward-facing (Dawn turning toward us)

आगात्came

अधिupon, over

हर्म्येभ्यःfrom the houses, from the dwellings

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