Rig Veda 1.92.12: Mandala 1, Sukta 92, Mantra 12
Sukta 1.92
Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional attribution for RV 1.92)
Devata: Uṣas (Dawn) in relation to Sūrya (Sun)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पशून्न चित्रा सुभगा प्रथाना सिन्धुर्न क्षोद उर्विया व्यश्वैत् । अमिनती दैव्यानि व्रतानि सूर्यस्य चेति रश्मिभिर्दृशाना ॥
Transliteration
paśū́n na citrā́ su-bhágā prathānā́ síndhur na kṣóda urviyā́ ví aśvait | áminatī daivyā́ni vratā́ni sū́ryasya ceti raśmí-bhir dṛśānā́ ||
Translation
光線を牧する者のように、彩り多く幸いなる曙光はひろがり、増水の河のように広大を奔り抜ける。彼女は天なる誓戒（vrata）を犯さず、太陽の光条のうちに見られて、真理にかなって進みゆく。
Word by Word
पशून्cattle, beasts
पशून्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपशु-
नlike/as (comparative particle here)
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चित्राbright, variegated
चित्रा:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्र-
सुभगाfortunate, auspicious
सुभगा:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-भग- (सुभग-)
प्रथानाspreading forth, expanding
प्रथाना:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथ- (प्रथाना < प्रथमान/प्रथाना) अथवा प्रथ- + आन (कृदन्त)
सिन्धुःriver, stream
सिन्धुः:
उपमान (तुलना-आधार) / कर्तृ (उपमेयस्य विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु-
नlike/as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
क्षोदःsurge, agitation, rushing
क्षोदः:
उपमान
TypeNoun
Rootक्षोद-
उर्वियाwith broadness, widely
उर्विया:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootउर्वी-
व्यश्वैत्expanded, swelled forth
व्यश्वैत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√श्वि (श्वयति/श्वायति) / वैदिक: √श्वि ‘to swell, grow, expand, shine’
अमिनतीnot harming, not diminishing
अमिनती:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple (Adjectival) / Verb-form
Root√मन्/मि (वैदिक √मि/√मन् ‘to diminish, injure’) + अ- (निषेध) → अमिनत्/अमिनती
दैव्यानिdivine
दैव्यानि:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootदैव्य-
व्रतानिvows, ordinances, fixed laws
व्रतानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत-
सूर्यस्यof the Sun
सूर्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य-
चेतिis seen/appears, becomes manifest
चेति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√चित् (केतयति/चेतति ‘to perceive, appear, be visible’)
रश्मिभिःwith rays
रश्मिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootरश्मि-
दृशानाbeing seen, visible
दृशाना:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple
Root√दृश् + आन (कृदन्त; ‘being seen/seeing’)
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