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Rig Veda 1.123.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 123, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.123

Devata: Uṣas
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पूर्वा विश्वस्माद्भुवनादबोधि जयन्ती वाजं बृहती सनुत्री । उच्चा व्यख्यद्युवतिः पुनर्भूरोषा अगन्प्रथमा पूर्वहूतौ ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.123.2
Transliteration

pū́rvā víśvasmād bhúvanād abódhi jáyantī vā́jaṃ bṛhatī́ sánutrī | uccā́ vy àkhyad yuvatíḥ punar-bhū́r óṣā́ agan prathamā́ pū́rva-hūtau ||

Translation

La primera, ella ha despertado de todo el mundo del ser, conquistando el vāja —la plenitud de la fuerza—, vasta, que guía hacia delante. En lo alto se revela —la joven, siempre renovada. Uṣas ha llegado, la primera, al llamado invocado desde antes.

Word by Word
पूर्वाthe former/earlier (one)
पूर्वा:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण ‘उषाः’ इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) < *पुर्/प्र (पूर्वत्व)
विश्वस्मात्from the whole (universe)
विश्वस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypeAdjective/Pronoun-like (universal)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनात्from the world/being
भुवनात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक; √भू ‘to be’ से)
अबोधिawoke/has awakened
अबोधि:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√बुध् (बोधने)
जयन्तीconquering, victorious
जयन्ती:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण ‘उषाः’)
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Root√जि (जयने) → जयन्त् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
वाजम्prize; strength; (winning) booty
वाजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहतीlofty, great
बृहती:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण ‘उषाः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहती (प्रातिपदिक; √बृह् ‘to grow’ से)
सनुत्रीthe one moving along/over (the heights); guiding onward
सनुत्री:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण ‘उषाः’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootसनुत्री (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सनु’/‘सनुत्र’ ‘along/through, from above’)
उच्चाhigh(ly), aloft
उच्चा:
Adhikaraṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable (adverb)
Rootउच्च (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, forth (intensifier)
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
अख्यत्appeared; shone forth; was seen
अख्यत्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√ख्या (प्रख्याने/दर्शने)
युवतिःthe young woman (Dawn)
युवतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयुवति (प्रातिपदिक)
पुनर्भूःever-returning; born again
पुनर्भूः:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण ‘उषाः’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपुनर्भू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पुनः’ + √भू)
उषाःDawn
उषाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अगन्went; came
अगन्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गत्यर्थे)
प्रथमाfirst
प्रथमा:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण ‘उषाः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वहूतौat the earlier invocation; in the first call (of praise/ritual)
पूर्वहूतौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्वहूति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पूर्व’ + हूति ‘invocation/call’ < √ह्वा/√हू)
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