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Rig Veda 10.89.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 89, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.89

Devata: Indra (identified with Sūrya-like illumination)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स सूर्यः पर्युरू वरांस्येन्द्रो ववृत्याद्रथ्येव चक्रा । अतिष्ठन्तमपस्यं न सर्गं कृष्णा तमांसि त्विष्या जघान ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.89.2
Transliteration

sá sū́ryaḥ pár yurū́ várāṁsy índro vavṛtyād rathyèva cakrā́ | átiṣṭhantam apásyaṁ ná sárgaṁ kr̥ṣṇā́ támāṁsi tvíṣyā jaghāna ||

Translation

He is the Sun; Indra has set the wide spaces in motion like the wheels of a chariot-road. He beheld the blocked flow that stood fixed, and with his flaming energy he struck down the black darknesses.

Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (स-आदेशः) सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround, all about
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
उरूwide, broad
उरू:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउरु (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक रूप उरू)
वरांसिenclosures/coverings; (here) the broad (spaces/regions)
वरांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ववृत्यात्should roll/turn (set in motion)
ववृत्यात्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृत् (वर्तने/आवरणे) धातु; वैदिक: ववृत्या- (इच्छार्थ/विधिलिङ्)
रथ्येon a chariot-track; in the chariot-way
रथ्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootरथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
चक्राwheels
चक्रा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अतिष्ठन्तम्standing; having stood
अतिष्ठन्तम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Root√स्था (तिष्ठति) धातु; कृदन्त: शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
अपस्यम्active, effective (in work)
अपस्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअपस्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कार्य/कर्म, कार्यकुशलता’)
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
सर्गम्a rush/stream; a discharge, onset
सर्गम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
कृष्णाblack, dark
कृष्णा:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्ण (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
तमांसिdarknesses
तमांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
त्विष्याwith (his) brilliance
त्विष्या:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootत्विष् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘splendour, brilliance’) / अथवा √त्विष् (दीप्तौ) से साधित तृतीया
जघानsmote, struck down
जघान:
—
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (हिंसायाम्) धातु
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