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Rig Veda 4.45.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 45, Mantra 6

Sukta 4.45

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 4)
Devata: Aśvinau (context continues from RV 4.45)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आकेनिपासो अहभिर्दविध्वतः स्वर्ण शुक्रं तन्वन्त आ रजः । सूरश्चिदश्वान्युयुजान ईयते विश्वाँ अनु स्वधया चेतथस्पथः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.45.6
Transliteration

ā́ke-nipā́so áhābhir dávīdhvataḥ svaḥ́ na śukráṃ tanvántā ā́ rájaḥ | sū́raś cid áśvān yuyujānā́ īyate víśvān ánu svadháyā cetathaḥ páthaḥ ||

Translation

With sharp-pointed forces, day after day, you drive forward—spreading a radiant brightness like heaven through the mid-world. Even the Sun, yoking his steeds, moves on; and by your own inherent power you make all the paths of movement to become conscious and rightly guided.

Word by Word
आकेनिपासःthose with sharp/pointed faces (or: sharp-nosed ones)
आकेनिपासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootआ-केनि-प (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास)
अहभिःwith days / by days (instrumental)
अहभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअह (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा अहन्- (दिन) (अनिश्चित)
दविध्वतःshaking, stirring (in motion)
दविध्वतः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√धू/√ध्वा? (अनिश्चित; वेदिक रूप)
स्वर्णम्gold
स्वर्णम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
शुक्रम्bright, shining
शुक्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तन्वन्तःstretching, spreading
तन्वन्तः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√तन् (तनुते)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
रजःthe airy space, mid-region; dust/space
रजः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सूरःthe Sun; a hero
सूरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
अश्वान्horses
अश्वान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
युयुजानःyoking, having yoked (in the act of yoking)
युयुजानः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√युज् (युनक्ति/युञ्जते)
ईयतेgoes, moves
ईयते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√इ (एति/ईयते; वेदिक)
विश्वान्all (of them)
विश्वान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (substantival)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुafter, along, following
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्वधयाby (their) own power/impulse; by svadhā
स्वधया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)
चेतथyou perceive/notice; you are aware
चेतथ:
—
TypeVerb
Root√चित् (चेतति) / √चि (वेदिक) (अनिश्चित)
पथःpaths, ways
पथः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपथिन्/पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
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