Rig Veda 7.67.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 67, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.67

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Agni and Uṣas (Agni kindled reveals Dawn’s sign; within Aśvin hymn as dawn-setting)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अशोच्यग्निः समिधानो अस्मे उपो अदृश्रन्तमसश्चिदन्ताः । अचेति केतुरुषसः पुरस्ताच्छ्रिये दिवो दुहितुर्जायमानः ॥

Transliteration

áśoci agníḥ samidhānáḥ asmē úpo adṛśran támasas cid ántāḥ | áceti ketúr uṣásaḥ purástāc chríye divó duhitur jā́yamānaḥ ||

Translation

Agni ha resplandecido, encendido en nosotros; aun los confines de la oscuridad se hicieron visibles. Delante se distingue el signo de Uṣas, naciendo para la gloria de la Hija del Cielo.

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Word by Word

• अशोचि: shone, blazed
• अशोचि: Kartā (with subject ‘अग्निः’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शुच् (दीप्तौ) → aor. inj./ipf. stem aśoci

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (prātipadika)

• समिधानः: being kindled, kindling
• समिधानः: Kartā (agreeing with ‘अग्निः’)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: सम्-√इध् (दीप्तौ) → समिधा- (PPr.)

• अस्मे: for us
• अस्मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• उपो: near, up (towards)
• उपो: (preverb to following verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (preverb) + (Vedic sandhi form)

• अदृश्रन्: they saw, they beheld
• अदृश्रन्: Kartā (with subject ‘अन्ताः’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (दर्शन) → aor. 3pl adṛśran

• तमसः: from darkness
• तमसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्-

• चित्: even
• चित्: (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित्

• अन्ताः: the ends, the limits (horizons)
• अन्ताः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त-

• अचेति: became manifest, appeared
• अचेति: Kartā (with subject ‘केतुः’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चित् (चेतने/ज्ञाने) → aor. aceti

• केतुः: banner; sign; radiance
• केतुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: केतु-

• उषसः: of Dawn (Uṣas)
• उषसः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor of ‘केतुः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस्-

• पुरस्तात्: in front; in the east
• पुरस्तात्: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: position) / direction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् + तात्

• श्रिये: for splendor, for beauty
• श्रिये: Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-

• दिवः: of heaven
• दिवः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव्- (दिव्/द्यौ prātipadika)

• दुहितुः: of the daughter
• दुहितुः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ-

• जायमानः: being born, arising
• जायमानः: Kartā (agreeing with ‘केतुः’)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: √जन् (प्रादुर्भावे) → जायमान- (PPr. Ā)