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Mantra 8

Sukta 1.62

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Āṅgirasa)
Devata: Indra (hymn context), with cosmological depiction of Uṣas/Night and Dyāvā-Pṛthivī
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

सनाद्दिवं परि भूमा विरूपे पुनर्भुवा युवती स्वेभिरेवैः । कृष्णेभिरक्तोषा रुशद्भिर्वपुर्भिरा चरतो अन्यान्या ॥

स॒नाद्दिवं॒ परि॒ भूमा॒ विरू॑पे पुन॒र्भुवा॑ युव॒ती स्वेभि॒रेवै॑: । कृ॒ष्णेभि॑र॒क्तोषा रुश॑द्भि॒र्वपु॑र्भि॒रा च॑रतो अ॒न्यान्या॑ ॥

sanā́d dívam pári bhū́mā vírūpe punár-bhuvā yuvatī́ svébhir évaiḥ | kṛṣṇébhir aktóṣā́ rúśadbhir vápurbhir ā́ carato anyā́nyā ||

From of old, Heaven and Earth, two in different forms, are ever renewed, the two young maidens moving by their own impulsions. Night, anointed with darkness, and Dawn with shining bodies, move on, each following the other.

स॒नात् । दिव॑म् । परि॑ । भूम॑ । विरू॑पे॒ इति॒ विऽरू॑पे । पु॒नः॒ऽभुवा॑ । यु॒व॒ती इति॑ । स्वेभिः॑ । एवैः॑ । कृ॒ष्णेभिः॑ । अ॒क्ता । उ॒षाः । रुश॑त्ऽभिः । वपुः॑ऽभिः । आ । च॒र॒तः॒ । अ॒न्याऽअ॑न्या ॥सनात् । दिवम् । परि । भूम । विरूपे इति विरूपे । पुनःभुवा । युवती इति । स्वेभिः । एवैः । कृष्णेभिः । अक्ता । उषाः । रुशत्भिः । वपुःभिः । आ । चरतः । अन्याअन्या ॥sanāt | divam | pari | bhūma | virūpeitivi-rūpe | punaḥ-bhuvā | yuvatī iti | svebhiḥ | evaiḥ | kṛṣṇebhiḥ | aktā | uṣāḥ | ruśat-bhiḥ | vapuḥ-bhiḥ | ā | carataḥ | anyāanyā

सनात्from of old
सनात्:
Adhikaraṇa (temporal) / Apādāna (source in time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसनात् (avyaya; from prātipadika सनातन-/सनात् ‘from of old’)
दिवम्the heaven, sky
दिवम्:
Karma (object of implied motion/encircling)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (prātipadika: दिव्/द्यौ-)
परिaround
परि:
— (modifies verbal idea ‘go/roam around’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (upasarga/avyaya)
भूमthe earth, the wide expanse
भूम:
Karma (object of implied motion/encircling)
TypeNoun
Rootभूमन् (prātipadika: भूमन् ‘earth, expanse’)
विरूपेthe two of differing forms
विरूपे:
Kartā (with युवती; subject)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवि-रूप (prātipadika: विरूप ‘of different form/appearance’)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
— (adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (avyaya)
भुवाthey two have become / have come to be
भुवा:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (dhātu: भू ‘to be, become’)
युवतीthe two young women
युवती:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयुवती (prātipadika: युवती ‘young woman’)
स्वेभिःwith their own (means/powers)
स्वेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootस्व (prātipadika: स्व ‘one’s own’)
एवैःwith (their) courses/impulses
एवैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootएव (prātipadika: एव ‘impulse, course, going’; Vedic)
कृष्णेभिःwith dark (ones/things)
कृष्णेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्ण (prātipadika: कृष्ण ‘black, dark’)
अक्तsmeared, anointed
अक्त:
— (predicative qualifier)
TypeParticiple
Rootअञ्ज् (dhātu: अञ्ज् ‘to smear, anoint’) → kṛdanta अक्त (PPP)
उषाःDawn (Uṣas)
उषाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (prātipadika: उषस् ‘Dawn’)
रुशद्भिःwith shining (ones/things)
रुशद्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective (participle-like)
Rootरुशत् (prātipadika: रुशत् ‘shining, bright’; from √रुश्/√रुच् ‘to shine’)
वपुर्भिःwith forms/beauties
वपुर्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवपुस् (prātipadika: वपुस् ‘form, beauty, body’)
towards, forth
:
— (modifies verb चरतः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga/avyaya)
चरतःthey two move/roam
चरतः:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (dhātu: चर् ‘to move, roam’)
अन्यान्याone after the other; mutually (each other)
अन्यान्या:
Adhikaraṇa (manner/reciprocity) / Kartā-apposition
TypePronoun/Adjective (reciprocal)
Rootअन्य (prātipadika: अन्य ‘other’)