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Rig Veda 4.53.1: Mandala 4, Sukta 53, Mantra 1

Sukta 4.53

Devata: Savitṛ (Savitar)

तद्देवस्य सवितुर्वार्यं महद्वृणीमहे असुरस्य प्रचेतसः । छर्दिर्येन दाशुषे यच्छति त्मना तन्नो महाँ उदयान्देवो अक्तुभिः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.53.1

tád devásya savitúr vā́ryam mahád vr̥ṇīmahe ásurasya prácetasaḥ | chardír yéna dāśúṣe yácchati tmánā tán no mahā́n úd ayān devó aktúbhiḥ ||

Esa grandeza suprema y deseable de Savitṛ, el Asura previsor, señor de la voluntad luminosa, la escogemos: el amparo protector por el cual, con su propia fuerza, concede al que da. Que ese dios poderoso se alce para nosotros con sus luces que avanzan, despertando nuestro ser.

तत्that (that excellent thing)
तत्:
Karma (वृणीमहे इत्यस्य) / (संदर्भतः) विषयः
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवस्यof the god
देवस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘सवितुः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
सवितुःof Savitṛ
सवितुः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — वार्यम् इत्यस्य
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
वार्यम्the excellent/choice boon
वार्यम्:
Karma (वृणीमहे) — वरणीयम् वस्तु
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootवार्य (प्रातिपदिक; √वृ ‘choose/cover’ से ‘वरणीय/श्रेष्ठ/वरेण्य’)
महत्great
महत्:
Karma-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
वृणीमहेwe choose / we seek
वृणीमहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणोति ‘choose’)
असुरस्यof the Asura (mighty lord)
असुरस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — प्रचेतसः इत्यस्य
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रचेतसःof the far-seeing/wise one
प्रचेतसः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्र-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fore-knowing, wise’)
छर्दिःshelter, protection
छर्दिः:
Kartā (यच्छति इत्यस्य) — ‘आश्रयः’
TypeNoun
Rootछर्दिस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘shelter, protection’)
येनby which
येन:
Karaṇa (यच्छति) — ‘येन (छर्दिषा)’
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दाशुषेto the worshipper (the one who offers)
दाशुषे:
Sampradāna (यच्छति) — ‘to the worshipper/giver’
TypeNoun
Rootदाशु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘giver/worshipper’, √दाश् ‘to give/offer’)
यच्छतिhe grants / bestows
यच्छति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√यम् (यच्छति ‘to give/grant/extend; restrain’—RV में ‘grant/extend’ प्रायः)
त्मनाby himself / with his own power
त्मना:
Karaṇa (यच्छति) — ‘by his own self/power’
TypeNoun
Rootत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘self, own person/power’)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (उदयान् इत्यस्य) / विषयः
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘our/for us’
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
महान्great
महान्:
Kartā-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
उदयान्rising, ascending
उदयान्:
Kartā-विशेषण
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootउद्-√या (उदय ‘rising, ascent’; यहाँ ‘उदयान्’ = उदयन्, वर्तमान कृदन्त/विशेषण ‘rising’)
देवःthe god (Savitṛ)
देवः:
Kartā (अध्याहृत-क्रिया: ‘अस्तु/भवतु/आगच्छतु’)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अक्तुभिःwith the nights / through the nights
अक्तुभिः:
Karaṇa/सहचर्य (उदयान्/आगमन-भावे) — ‘with/through the nights’
TypeNoun
Rootअक्तु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘night/darkness’; RV में ‘अक्तुभिः’ = ‘with nights’)

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