Rig Veda 7.63.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 63, Mantra 2
Sukta 7.63
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Sūrya/Savitṛ (solar impeller) with chariot imagery
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उद्वेति प्रसवीता जनानां महान्केतुरर्णवः सूर्यस्य । समानं चक्रं पर्याविवृत्सन्यदेतशो वहति धूर्षु युक्तः ॥
Transliteration
úd véti prasavītā́ jánānāṃ mahā́n ketúr arṇaváḥ sū́ryasya | samānáṃ cakráṃ paryā́vivṛtsan yád etaśó váhati dhū́rṣu yuktáḥ ||
Translation
उदित होता है जनों का प्रेरक, सूर्य का महान केतु—समुद्र-सा विशाल। वह उसी चक्र को बार-बार घुमाता है; और धुरों पर युक्त एतश (Etaśa) अश्व उसे आगे वहन करता है—प्रकाश-यात्रा का अटल नियम।
Word by Word
उद्up; forth
उद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वेतिgoes; rises
वेति:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु)
प्रसविताthe impeller; the begetter (Sun)
प्रसविता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √सू ‘to impel/bring forth’ से)
जनानाम्of the peoples
जनानाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
महान्great
महान्:
Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
केतुःbanner; sign; light-ray
केतुः:
Kartā (प्रसविता इत्यस्य समनाधिकरणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootकेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्णवःflood; ocean; surge
अर्णवः:
Kartā (समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यस्यof the Sun
सूर्यस्य:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
समानम्same; uniform
समानम्:
Karma-viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान (प्रातिपदिक)
चक्रम्wheel; disk
चक्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
आtowards; unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
विवृत्सन्turning; causing to revolve
विवृत्सन्:
Kartā (प्रसविता/केतुः/अर्णवः इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeVerb
Rootविवृत्स् (धातु; desiderative of √वृत्/√वृ ‘to turn/roll’)
सन्being
सन्:
Kartā (विशेषणात्मक)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
यत्which; that
यत्:
Karma (वहति इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एतशःEtaśa (the Sun’s steed)
एतशः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootएतश (प्रातिपदिक)
वहतिcarries; bears
वहति:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (धातु)
धूर्षुon the yoke-poles; in the traces
धूर्षु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधूर् (प्रातिपदिक)
युक्तःyoked; harnessed
युक्तः:
Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootयुज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त)
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