Rig Veda 1.175.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 175, Mantra 4

Sukta 1.175

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional; verify)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मुषाय सूर्यं कवे चक्रमीशान ओजसा । वह शुष्णाय वधं कुत्सं वातस्याश्वैः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.175.4

Transliteration

muṣāyá sū́ryaṃ kave cakrám ī́śāna ójasā | váha śúṣṇāya vadháṃ kútsaṃ vā́tasya áśvaiḥ ||

Translation

Hey rishi, Suraj ko wapas le aa. Apni shakti se uska chakra pakad. Shushna naam ke dushman ko maar, aur Kutsa ko Vayu ke ghodon pe bitha ke le ja. Tej shakti se khoya hua ujala wapas lao.

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Word by Word

• मु॒षा॒य: secretly, by stealth
• मु॒षा॒य: Karaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मु॒ष् (muṣ) / मु॒षा॒य (muṣāya) < अव्यय (instr. of muṣā ‘by stealth’)

• सूर्यं॑: the Sun
• सूर्यं॑: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (prātipadika)

• कवे: O sage/poet (seer)
• कवे: (Sambodhana) संबोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (prātipadika)

• चक्रम्: wheel, disk
• चक्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (prātipadika)

• ईशानः: ruling, lordly; possessing
• ईशानः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: ईश् (īś) → ईशान (kṛdanta prātipadika)

• ओजसा: with strength, by might
• ओजसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस् (prātipadika)

• वह: carry! convey!
• वह: (Verb) क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (vah)

• शुष्णाय: for Śuṣṇa (the demon)
• शुष्णाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: शुष्ण (proper noun prātipadika)

• वधम्: slaying, killing
• वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (prātipadika) / √वध् (to strike)

• कुत्सम्: Kutsa (name of a seer/hero)
• कुत्सम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: कुत्स (proper noun prātipadika)

• वातस्य: of the wind
• वातस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (prātipadika)

• अश्वैः: with horses
• अश्वैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (prātipadika)