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Mantra 15

Sukta 107

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सूर्यो देवीमुषसं रोचमानां मर्यो न योषामभ्येति पश्चात्। यत्रा नरो देवयन्तो युगानि वितन्वते प्रति भद्राय भद्रम्

IAST Transliteration

sū́ryo devī́m uṣásaṃ rócamānāṃ máryo na yóṣām abhyèti paścā́t | yátrā náro devayánto yugā́ni vitanváte práti bhadrā́ya bhadrám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Sun draws on behind the Goddess Dawn as a young man followeth a maiden shining. Where men, god-seeking, stretch forth their ordered courses, there answereth good to good, for blessed welfare.

Translation

ಸೂರ್ಯನು ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನಳಾದ ದೇವಿ ಉಷಸ್ಸಿನ ಹಿಂದೆ ಹಿಂದೆ ಸಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಯುವಕನು ಹೊಳೆಯುವ ಕನ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಹಿಂಬಾಲಿಸುವಂತೆ. ದೇವರನ್ನು ಬಯಸುವ ಪುರುಷರು ಯುಗಯುಗಗಳ ನಿಯತ ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳನ್ನು ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸುವಲ್ಲಿ, ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಶುಭಕ್ಕೆ ಶುಭವೇ ಪ್ರತಿಯಾಗಿ ಬರುತ್ತದೆ—ಮಂಗಳಕರ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿ.

Word by Word

सूर्यःthe Sun

देवीम्the goddess

उषसम्Dawn

रोचमानाम्shining, radiant

मर्यःa young man, suitor

नlike, as

योषाम्a young woman

अभ्येतिapproaches

पश्चात्from behind, afterwards

यत्रwhere

नरःmen

देवयन्तःseeking/serving the gods, godward

युगानिyokes; pairs; ages (yugas)

वितन्वतेthey spread out, extend

प्रतिtowards; in return

भद्रायfor the auspicious (good)

भद्रम्the auspicious; good

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (specific family attribution not determinable from this excerpt alone).

Devata: Sūrya and Uṣas (paired temporal deities)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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