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Rig Veda 1.124.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 124, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.124

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa
Devata: Uṣas
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पूर्वे अर्धे रजसो अप्त्यस्य गवां जनित्र्यकृत प्र केतुम् । व्यु प्रथते वितरं वरीय ओभा पृणन्ती पित्रोरुपस्था ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.124.5
Transliteration

pū́rve árdhe rájasaḥ aptyásya gávāṁ jánitry akṛta prá ketúm | vy ù prathate vitaráṁ várīya óbhā pṛṇántī pitrór upásthā ||

Translation

In the first half of the mid-world she, the begetter of the Rays, has set forth the sign of knowledge. She widens out into a farther and greater expanse, filling both—resting in the lap of the two Parents.

Word by Word
पूर्वेformer, earlier
पूर्वे:
विशेषण (कर्तृ/अधिकरण-संबद्ध) — ‘अर्धे’ का विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) < पुरस्
अर्धेin the half/part
अर्धे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootअर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
रजसःof the space/region (rajas)
रजसः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अप्त्यस्यof the watery/Apya (connected with waters)
अप्त्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘रजसः’ का विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्त्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अप्’/‘आप्’ से व्युत्पन्न, जल/आप्त-सम्बन्धी)
गवाम्of the cows
गवाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
जनित्र्य्the begetter/mother
जनित्र्य्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootजनित्री (प्रातिपदिक; √जन् ‘to beget’ से कर्तृवाचक)
अकृतmade, fashioned
अकृत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करोति)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
केतुम्banner; sign; light/brightness
केतुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, widely
वि:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
उindeed, also
उ:
क्रियाविशेषण/उद्बोधन
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
प्रथतेspreads, expands
प्रथते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√प्रथ् (प्रथते ‘to spread, expand’)
वितरम्more widely, farther
वितरम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (extent)
TypeAdjective (comparative/extended sense)
Rootवितर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वितर’ = विस्तीर्णतर/अधिक-विस्तृत)
वरीयःbetter, more excellent
वरीयः:
क्रियाविशेषण (quality/degree)
TypeAdjective (comparative)
Rootवरीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; √वृ ‘to choose/cover’ से ‘वर’ → वरीयस् ‘better, more excellent’)
ओभाboth (two)
ओभा:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootउभ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘both’)
पृणन्तीfilling, satisfying
पृणन्ती:
कर्तृ (कर्तृवाचक कृदन्त)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√पॄ/पृ (पृणाति ‘to fill, satisfy’)
पित्रोःof the two parents
पित्रोः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
उपस्थाःlaps, bosoms; seats
उपस्थाः:
कर्तृ/अधिकरण (संदर्भानुसार: ‘उपस्थ’ = गोद/आश्रय-स्थान)
TypeNoun
Rootउपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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