Rig Veda 10.55.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 55, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.55
Devata: Uṣas (Dawn) prominently; with an underlying doctrine of Asuric sovereignty
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यदुष औच्छः प्रथमा विभानामजनयो येन पुष्टस्य पुष्टम् । यत्ते जामित्वमवरं परस्या महन्महत्या असुरत्वमेकम् ॥
Transliteration
yád uṣá áucchaḥ prathamā́ vi-bhā́nām ájanayo yéna puṣṭásya puṣṭám | yát te jā́mi-tvam ávaraṃ párasyā mahán mahatyā́ asura-tvám ékam ||
Translation
हे उषा, जब तूने पहली बार रोशनी फैलाई थी, तब तूने खाने के लिए पूरा खाना पैदा किया। तेरा रिश्ता नीचे वाली दुनिया से है, और ऊपर वाली अलग है। पर बड़ी ताकत का राज एक ही है।
Word by Word
यत्when/that which
यत्:
Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध/यद्-तद्-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उषःO Dawn
उषः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
औच्छःyou dawned / shone forth
औच्छः:
Kartā (उषः)
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु; वस्/उष् ‘to shine, dawn’—उषस्-क्रियापदम्)
प्रथमाfirst
प्रथमा:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
विभानाम्of the shining ones
विभानाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootविभान (प्रातिपदिक; ‘shining one’)
अजनयःyou generated / brought forth
अजनयः:
Kartā (उषः)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
येनby which
येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुष्टस्यof nourishment / of the nourished
पुष्टस्य:
Sambandha (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; ‘nourished, prosperity’)
पुष्टम्nourishment, prosperity
पुष्टम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्and that which
यत्:
Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध/यद्-तद्-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जामित्वम्kinship, being akin
जामित्वम्:
Karma/Viśeṣya (वाक्ये ‘that your kinship…’)
TypeNoun
Rootजामि-त्व (प्रातिपदिक; जामि ‘kinsman’ + त्व)
अवरम्lower, nearer/younger
अवरम्:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअवर (प्रातिपदिक)
परस्याःof the farther one / of the other
परस्याः:
Sambandha (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपरा (प्रातिपदिक)
महत्great
महत्:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
महत्याःof the great (female)
महत्याः:
Sambandha (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री-रूप ‘महती’)
असुरत्वम्asura-hood, lordly power
असुरत्वम्:
Karma/Viśeṣya
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर-त्व (प्रातिपदिक; असुर + त्व)
एकम्one, single
एकम्:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
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