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Rig Veda 1.46.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 46, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.46

Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Aśvins
Chandas: Gāyatrī

या नः पीपरदश्विना ज्योतिष्मती तमस्तिरः । तामस्मे रासाथामिषम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.46.6

yā́ naḥ pī́parad aśvinā jyótiṣmatī támas tiraḥ | tā́m asmē rāsā́thām íṣam ||

Aquello que nos impulsa hacia adelante, oh Aśvines,— luminoso, que atraviesa más allá de la oscuridad,— concedednos aquí esa fuerza nutricia (iṣá), para que pasemos de la sombra a la luz clara del recto ver.

याwhich (fem.), who/that
या:
कर्तृ (यः/या—विषयः) / सम्बन्ध-निर्देशकः
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
नःof us, our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessor) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
पीपरत्may (she/it) fill, may (she/it) make abound
पीपरत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपॄ (धातु; causative stem पिपर-/पीपर-)
अश्विनाO Aśvins (dual)
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन (addressed)
TypeNoun (proper) / Vocative
Rootअश्विन् (prātipadika; dual deity-name)
ज्योतिष्मतीluminous, possessing light
ज्योतिष्मती:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootज्योतिष्मत् (adj. stem) < ज्योतिस्
तमःdarkness
तमः:
कर्म (that which is crossed/removed)
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (prātipadika)
तिरःacross, beyond, away
तिरः:
क्रियाविशेषणम्
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतिरस् (avyaya/adverbial form)
ताम्that (fem.), her/it
ताम्:
कर्म (object of ‘रासाथाम्’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
अस्मेto us
अस्मे:
सम्प्रदान (recipient)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
रासाथाम्grant (you two), give
रासाथाम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरा (धातु ‘to give, grant’)
इषम्refreshment, nourishment, strength
इषम्:
कर्म (what is granted) / अपादेय-वस्तु
TypeNoun
Rootइष्/इषा (prātipadika; ‘refreshment, nourishment’)

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