Mantra 7

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रैभ्यासीदनुदेयी नाराशंसी न्योचनी । सूर्याया भद्रमिद् वासो गाथयैति परिष्कृता

IAST Transliteration

raibhyá āsīd anudéyī nārāśaṃsī nyócanī | sūryā́yā bhadrám íd vā́so gā́thayaiti páriṣkṛtā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Rai-bhī was her following gift; Nārāśaṃsī her laud; her covering-cloth the putting-on. Sūryā, adorned all round, goes forth with a gāthā: auspicious indeed is her garment.

Word by Word

• रैभ्या: (she) Raibhyā (a named/epithetic woman)
• रैभ्या: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रैभ्य- (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

• अनुदेयी: to be given/handed over; to be bestowed
• अनुदेयी: Kartā (विशेषणम्) / Predicative
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-देय- (√दा ‘to give’ से; ‘to be given/assigned’), स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक

• नाराशंसी: (one) connected with human praise; ‘nārāśaṃsī’ (epithet)
• नाराशंसी: Kartā (विशेषणम्) / Predicative
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: नाराशंस- (नर-आशंस ‘praise of men’/‘human praise’), स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक

• न्योचनी: a covering/veil; a garment worn down/over
• न्योचनी: Kartā (विशेषणम्) / Predicative
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्य्-ओचनी (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.; ‘lowering/covering garment/veil’ इत्यर्थे)

• सूर्यायाः: of Sūryā (the bride/daughter of the Sun)
• सूर्यायाः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्या- (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)

• भद्रम्: auspicious; good
• भद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्र- (नपुंसक/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्: indeed
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात/अव्यय; ‘indeed/just’)

• वासः: garment; clothing
• वासः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस्- (नपुंसक प्रातिपदिक; ‘garment, clothing’)

• गाथयैति: goes/comes with a gāthā (song); proceeds singing
• गाथयैति: —
• Type: Verb (with object) / Idiomatic compound
• Root: √इ (गत्यर्थे) + गाथा- (स्त्री. ‘song/chant’) → ‘गाथा-यैति’ (गाथां यैति)

• परिष्कृता: adorned; fully prepared
• परिष्कृता: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: परि-√कृ (करणे) → परिष्कृत- (कृदन्त; ‘adorned, prepared’)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with the Sūryā-vivāha complex (wedding mythos; seer-attribution varies by ancillary tradition).

Devata: Sūryā (as archetypal bride) and the marriage-rite itself (vivāha-saṃskāra).

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like wedding-prose cadence (as transmitted in AV wedding hymns).

Mantra Rasa

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