Rig Veda 4.51.7: Mandala 4, Sukta 51, Mantra 7

Sukta 4.51

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 4)

Devata: Uṣas (Dawn)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ता घा ता भद्रा उषसः पुरासुरभिष्टिद्युम्ना ऋतजातसत्याः । यास्वीजानः शशमान उक्थैः स्तुवञ्छंसन्द्रविणं सद्य आप ॥

Transliteration

tā ghā tā bhadrā uṣásaḥ purāsur abhiṣṭí-dyumnā ṛtajāta-satyāḥ | yāsu ījānáḥ śaśamāná ukthaíḥ stuváñ cháṃsan dráviṇaṃ sadyá āpa ||

Translation

En verdad — aquellas, aquellas benéficas Uṣas de antaño, ricas en esplendor victorioso, nacidas de la Ṛta y veraces en su ser. En ellas el sacrificante, adorando y esforzándose con los himnos, alabando y proclamando, alcanzó al instante la riqueza interior.

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Word by Word

• ताः: those (fem. pl.)
• ताः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• घ: indeed, surely
• घ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: घ (निपात)

• ताः: those
• ताः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भद्राः: auspicious, gracious
• भद्राः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उषसः: Dawns
• उषसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरा: formerly, before
• पुरा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)

• सुरभिष्टिद्युम्नाः: having fragrant/pleasant help and radiance (glory)
• सुरभिष्टिद्युम्नाः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरभिष्टि-द्युम्न (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतजातसत्याः: whose truth is born of ṛta (cosmic order)
• ऋतजातसत्याः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋत-जात-सत्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• यास्वीजानः: the worshipper (sacrificer) who has gone/approached (to them)
• यास्वीजानः: Kartā
• Type: Kṛdanta (agent noun) + (compound)
• Root: यासु + ईजान (√यज् ‘to worship’, क्त/क्विप्-आधारित कृत्; ‘ईजान’ = यजमान/यष्टा)

• शशमानः: striving, exerting
• शशमानः: Kartā (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √शम्/शम (Vedic: ‘to toil/strive, be active’; present participle)

• उक्थैः: with hymns/recitations
• उक्थैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तुवन्: praising
• स्तुवन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √स्तु (to praise) शतृ-प्रत्यय

• शंसन्: reciting, lauding
• शंसन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √शंस् (to proclaim/praise) शतृ-प्रत्यय

• द्रविणम्: wealth, bounty
• द्रविणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रविण (प्रातिपदिक)

• सद्यः: immediately, at once
• सद्यः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)

• आप: attained, obtained
• आप: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (to obtain, reach) — लिट्/लुङ्-रूप (Vedic injunctive/aorist usage)