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Rig Veda 10.172.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 172, Mantra 4

Sukta 10.172

Devata: Uṣas (Dawn)

उषा अप स्वसुस्तमः सं वर्तयति वर्तनिं सुजातता ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.172.4

uṣā́ apá svasús támaḥ sáṃ vartayati vartaníṃ sujā́tatā ||

暁は、幸いなる姉妹として、闇を払い去る。よく生まれし力により、彼女は道を再び動かす――意識の旅の正しき軌道を回復させる。

उषाःDawn (Uṣas)
उषाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootउषस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
अपaway, forth (as a preverb/adverb)
अप:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (अव्यय)
स्वसुःof the sister
स्वसुः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वसृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
तमःdarkness
तमः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely (preverb)
सम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग)
वर्तयतिturns/rolls/drives (away)
वर्तयति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (धातु) → वर्तय- (णिजन्त)
वर्तनिम्path, track, course
वर्तनिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवर्तनि- (प्रातिपदिक)
सुजातताgood birth/noble nature; fair-begetting (quality)
सुजातता:
कर्तृ/विशेषणभाव (उषसः गुण/स्वभाव)
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootसु- + जातता (प्रातिपदिक; भाववाचक)

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