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Mantra 43

Sukta 2

अभ्य१न्यदेति पर्यन्यदस्यतेऽहोरात्राभ्यां महिषः कल्पमानः । सूर्यं वयं रजसि क्षियन्तं गातुविदं हवामहे नाधमानाः

abhí anyád eti páry anyád asyate 'horātrā́bhyāṃ mahiṣáḥ kálpamānaḥ | sū́ryaṃ vayáṃ rájasi kṣiyántaṃ gātuvídaṃ havāmahe nā́dhamānāḥ

Toward one side he goeth; round the other he is hurled abroad; the mighty Bull, disposing himself by day and night. The Sun, abiding in the airy realm, the Knower of paths, we needy suppliants call upon.

अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग)
अन्यत्elsewhere/another (direction/way)
अन्यत्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootअन्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एतिgoes
एति:
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु)
परिaround
परि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग)
अन्यत्elsewhere/another way
अन्यत्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootअन्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यतेthrows/casts (itself), darts
अस्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) / अस्- (क्षेपणे/प्रक्षेपणे) → ‘अस्य’
अहोरात्राभ्याम्by day and night (by the pair day&night)
अहोरात्राभ्याम्:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअहोरात्र (समास: अहस्+रात्रि)
महिषःthe mighty one / buffalo (epithet)
महिषः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमहिष (प्रातिपदिक)
कल्पमानःbeing arranged/being formed, taking shape
कल्पमानः:
Kartā (महिषः-विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple
Rootकॢप् (धातु) → कल्पमान (शानच्)
सूर्यम्the Sun
सूर्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
रजसिin the mid-air/space (rajas)
रजसि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
क्षियन्तम्dwelling/abiding, moving to settle
क्षियन्तम्:
Karma (सूर्यम्-विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple
Rootक्षि (धातु) → क्षियन्त् (शतृ)
गातुविदम्knower/finder of paths
गातुविदम्:
Karma (सूर्यम्-विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootगातुविद् (समास: गातु ‘path’ + विद् ‘knower’)
हवामहेwe invoke/call upon
हवामहे:
TypeVerb
Rootह्वे (धातु) → √ह्वा
नाधमानाःbeing in need/pressed, seeking help
नाधमानाः:
Kartā (वयम्-विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple
Rootनाध् (धातु) → नाधमान (शानच्)

Rishi: As in AV 13.2 solar complex; r̥ṣi attribution varies by index tradition.

Devata: Sūrya (as gātuvíd)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

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