Rig Veda 1.49.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 49, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.49
Rishi: Praskaṇva Kāṇva (Kāṇva lineage)
Devata: Uṣas (Dawn)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable for RV 1.49; verse-level metrical confirmation recommended)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वयश्चित्ते पतत्रिणो द्विपच्चतुष्पदर्जुनि । उषः प्रारन्नृतूँरनु दिवो अन्तेभ्यस्परि ॥
Transliteration
váyaś cit te patatríṇo dvipác cátuṣpad arjuni | uṣaḥ prá āran ṛtū́n ánu divó ántebhyaḥ pári ||
Translation
Even the winged creatures of yours, the two-footed and the four-footed, O bright Dawn, move forth following the rhythms of Truth, circling from the far boundaries of heaven.
Word by Word
वयःbird, winged creature (collective ‘the bird’)
वयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवयस्- (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *weyh₁- ‘vitality/strength’
चित्indeed, even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय) < √चित् ‘to notice’ (particle)
तेof you, your
ते:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पतत्रिणःwinged ones, birds
पतत्रिणः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपतत्रिन्- (प्रातिपदिक) < पतत्र ‘wing’
द्विपत्two-footed
द्विपत्:
Kartā (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि- + पद् (प्रातिपदिक)
चतुष्पत्four-footed
चतुष्पत्:
Kartā (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्- + पद् (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्जुनिO Arjuni (O bright one)
अर्जुनि:
Sambोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootअर्जुनि- (सम्बोधन-प्रातिपदिक; देवता/विशेषण-नाम) < अर्जुन ‘bright, white’
उषःDawn
उषः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउषस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अरन्they went, they moved
अरन्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√ऋ (ऋ गतौ) / Vedic aorist formation
ऋतून्the seasons, proper times
ऋतून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऋतु- (प्रातिपदिक) < √ऋ ‘to fit, order’
अनुafter, following
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
दिवःof/from the sky
दिवः:
Apādāna (with अन्तेभ्यः … परि) / Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sky, day’
अन्तेभ्यःfrom the ends/boundaries
अन्तेभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘end, boundary’
अस्परिaround, from all sides (encompassing)
अस्परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअस् + परि (Vedic sandhi of particle)
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