Rig Veda 6.71.5: Mandala 6, Sukta 71, Mantra 5
Sukta 6.71
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional for Mandala 6); hymn to Savitṛ
Devata: Savitṛ (the Impeller, solar creative power)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verse length and cadence typical of Jagatī in this section)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उदू अयाँ उपवक्तेव बाहू हिरण्यया सविता सुप्रतीका । दिवो रोहांस्यरुहत्पृथिव्या अरीरमत्पतयत्कच्चिदभ्वम् ॥
Transliteration
udū́ ayā́m upavaktéva bāhū́ hiraṇyáyā savitā́ suprátīkā | divó rohā́ṃsy aruhat pṛthivyā́ arī́ramat patáyat kác cid ábhvam ||
Translation
彼は上へと両腕を差し伸べる、仕事を促し導く監督者のごとく。黄金の形成力をもち、顕現の相うるわしきサヴィトリ（Savitṛ）。広き地より天の昇り階をよじ登り、万有を正しき運行へと整え、はるかなる幽玄の広がりをも飛びわたる。
Word by Word
उदुup, forth (emphatic particle)
उदु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग) + उ (एन्क्लिटिक/निपात) → उदु
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उपवक्तेवlike an announcer/speaker
उपवक्तेव:
Kartā (उपमा) / विशेषण-भाव
TypeNoun (agent) used in simile
Rootउपवक्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; उप-√वच् ‘to speak/utter’)
बाहू(his) two arms
बाहू:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
हिfor/indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
हिरण्ययाgolden
हिरण्यया:
Karaṇa (वर्णनात्मक) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सविताSavitṛ (the impeller, Sun-god)
सविता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
सुप्रतीकाof beautiful appearance/face
सुप्रतीका:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + प्रतीक (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof heaven
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
रोहांसिthe ascents/heights (steps upward)
रोहांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोह (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ascent/height/step’)
अरुहत्he ascended
अरुहत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√रुह् (रुहँ) ‘to ascend’
पृथिव्याःof the earth
पृथिव्याः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
अरीरमत्he set in motion / he made (it) rest/settle (Vedic: caused to move/arrange)
अरीरमत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√रम् (रमुँ) ‘to rest, be still; to delight’ (caus./intensive nuance in Vedic) → अरीरमत्
पतयत्he caused to fly/impelled
पतयत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पत् (पतँ) ‘to fly, fall’ → causative √पतय् ‘to cause to fly/drive’
कच्चित्whether indeed?
कच्चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित् (निपात-समास: किम् + चित्)
अभ्वम्the vast/monstrous (thing), the great expanse
अभ्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective (substantivized)
Rootअभ्व (प्रातिपदिक)
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