Rig Veda 1.92.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 92, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.92
Rishi: Gautama (Gotama lineage)
Devata: Uṣas
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उदपप्तन्नरुणा भानवो वृथा स्वायुजो अरुषीर्गा अयुक्षत । अक्रन्नुषासो वयुनानि पूर्वथा रुशन्तं भानुमरुषीरशिश्रयुः ॥
Transliteration
úd apaptann aruṇā́ bhānávo vṛ́thā svāyújo áruṣīr gā́ ayukṣata | ákrann uṣā́so vayúnāni pū́rvathā rúśantaṃ bhā́num áruṣīr aśiśrayuḥ ||
Translation
紅の輝きは上へと躍り、自在にひろがる。自らに軛を負う紅の光線は、光りわたる群れ（牛）を繋ぎとめる。ウシャス（曙光）たちは昔のままにその働きと秩序を整え、紅なるものどもは輝く光輪に寄り添い、その中に座を占める。
Word by Word
उद्up, forth
उद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय
अपप्तन्they flew up / sprang forth
अपप्तन्:
Kartā (with भानवः)
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
अरुणाःruddy, tawny
अरुणाः:
Viśeṣaṇa of भानवः
TypeAdjective
Rootअरुण
भानवःrays, beams
भानवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभानु
वृथाfreely, at will
वृथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवृथा
स्वायुजःself-yoking, self-harnessing
स्वायुजः:
Viśeṣaṇa of (understood) अश्वाः/रथाः; or of अरुषीः (as yoked-by-themselves)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व-आयुज
अरुषीःthe ruddy (mares)
अरुषीः:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअरुषी
गाःcows; (poetically) rays/mares
गाः:
Karma (apposition to अरुषीः)
TypeNoun
Rootगो
अयुक्षतthey yoked
अयुक्षत:
Kartā (with भानवः / उषासः) + Karma (अरुषीः गाः)
TypeVerb
Rootयुज्
अक्रन्they made
अक्रन्:
Kartā (उषासः)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
उषासःthe Dawns
उषासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउषस्
वयुनानिworkings, orderly arrangements, devices
वयुनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवयुन
पूर्वथाas of old, in the former way
पूर्वथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्वथा
रुशन्तम्shining, radiant
रुशन्तम्:
Karma (of अशिश्रयुः)
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootरुशत् (from रुश्/रुच् ‘to shine’)
भानुम्beam, radiance
भानुम्:
Karma (in apposition to रुशन्तम्)
TypeNoun
Rootभानु
अरुषीःthe ruddy (ones) (rays/mares)
अरुषीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअरुषी
अशिश्रयुःthey have leaned on / attached themselves to
अशिश्रयुः:
Kartā (अरुषीः) + Karma (रुशन्तं भानुम्)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रि (with reduplication: शिश्रय) + उपसर्ग आ-
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