Mantra 20

Sukta 47

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सप्त त्वा हरितो रथे वहन्ति देव सूर्य । शोचिष्केशं विचक्षणम्

IAST Transliteration

saptá tvā haríto ráthe váhanti deva sū́rya | śocíḥ-keśaṁ vicákṣaṇam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Seven bay steeds in thy chariot bear thee, O god Sūrya—radiant-maned, of discerning sight.

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Kartā (कर्तृ-समूहस्य संख्या-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Numeral
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हरितः: the bay/greenish (horses)
• हरितः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हरित् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रथे: on/in the chariot
• रथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहन्ति: they carry / convey
• वहन्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)

• देव: O god
• देव: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्य: O Sun
• सूर्य: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• शोचिष्केशम्: having radiant hair/rays
• शोचिष्केशम्: Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोचिष्केश (तत्पुरुष-समास; शोचिस् + केश)

• विचक्षणम्: clear-sighted, discerning
• विचक्षणम्: Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: RV solar hymn tradition reused in AV 20; r̥ṣi varies by index.

Devata: Sūrya

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh; confirm by metrical scan in the source edition.

Mantra Rasa

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