Rig Veda 5.62.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 62, Mantra 1
Sukta 5.62
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (dual); with Sūrya as cosmological locus
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ऋतेन ऋतमपिहितं ध्रुवं वां सूर्यस्य यत्र विमुचन्त्यश्वान् । दश शता सह तस्थुस्तदेकं देवानां श्रेष्ठं वपुषामपश्यम् ॥
Transliteration
ṛténa ṛtám ápi-hitaṃ dhrúváṃ vāṃ sū́ryasya yátra vi-mucánty áśvān | dáśa śatá sahá tasthús tád ékaṃ devā́nāṃ śréṣṭhaṃ vápūṣām ápaśyam ||
Translation
ṛta（宇宙の秩序・真理）によってṛtaは据えられ、汝ら二柱のために堅固となる。そこにて太陽はその馬を解き放つ。十と百とは共にそこに立ち、われはその「一者」—神々の姿のうち最も勝れたもの—を見た。秩序ある光の至上の調和を。
Word by Word
ऋतेनby/with ṛta (cosmic order, truth)
ऋतेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक) < √ऋ (गतौ/ऋ- ‘to go, to fit’; ‘cosmic order, truth’)
ऋतम्ṛta (the true/orderly thing)
ऋतम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
अपिहितम्covered, concealed
अपिहितम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeParticiple (Adjective) / Verbal
Rootअपि-√धा (धातु √धा ‘to place’; उपसर्ग अपि) → ‘to cover, conceal’
ध्रुवम्fixed, firm, steadfast
ध्रुवम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक) < √धृ (धारणे) ‘to hold, be firm’
वाम्of/for you two
वाम्:
सम्प्रदान (अर्थे ‘for you two’) / सम्बन्ध (अर्थे ‘of you two’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम) द्विवचन-रूप (युवाम्)
सूर्यस्यof the Sun
सूर्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय, य-प्रश्न/सम्बन्ध)
विमुचन्तिthey release/let loose
विमुचन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√मुच् (धातु √मुच् ‘to release’; उपसर्ग वि)
अश्वान्horses
अश्वान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
दशten
दश:
विशेषण (संख्या)
TypeNumeral
Rootदशन्/दश (संख्या-शब्द)
शताhundreds
शता:
कर्ता
TypeNumeral (Noun)
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hundred’)
सहtogether, along with
सह:
सहकारक/सहयोग
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
तस्थुःthey have stood / stood
तस्थुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (तिष्ठति) ‘to stand’
तत्that
तत्:
विशेषण/सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
एकम्one (single)
एकम्:
विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव
TypeNumeral (Adjective)
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रेष्ठम्best, most excellent
श्रेष्ठम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of √श्रि/श्रय? ‘excellent, best’)
वपुषाम्of forms/bodies/appearances
वपुषाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootवपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अपश्यम्I saw
अपश्यम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पश् (दर्शने) ‘to see’
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