Rig Veda 1.48.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 48, Mantra 9
Sukta 1.48
Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa
Devata: Uṣas
Chandas: Jagatī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उष आ भाहि भानुना चन्द्रेण दुहितर्दिवः । आवहन्ती भूर्यस्मभ्यं सौभगं व्युच्छन्ती दिविष्टिषु ॥
Transliteration
uṣa ā́ bhāhi bhānúnā candréṇa duhitar divaḥ | ā́vahantī bhū́ry asmábhyaṃ sáubhagaṃ vyucchántī divíṣṭiṣu ||
Translation
ໂອ ພະອາທິດ, ຈົ່ງສ່ອງແສງມາສູ່ພວກເຮົາດ້ວຍລັດສະໝີອັນສະຫວ່າງ ແລະ ຄວາມສະຫວ່າງສົດໃສຂອງທ່ານ, ໂອ ທິດາຂອງສະຫວັນ; ນຳພາຄວາມສຸກຢ່າງຫຼວງຫຼາຍມາໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາ, ຈົ່ງຂຶ້ນກວ້າງສູ່ການປາກົດໃນບັນດາຄວາມພະຍາຍາມອັນເປັນທິດະ.
Word by Word
उषःUṣas (Dawn)
उषः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper/common)
Rootउषस्- (प्रातिपदिक) < √वस्/उष् (उष् ‘दीप्तौ/प्रकाशे’)
आtowards, hither; (as preverb) forth
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
भाहिshine!
भाहि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भा (भा ‘दीप्तौ’)
भानुनाwith (your) radiance/beam
भानुना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootभानु- (प्रातिपदिक)
चन्द्रेणwith the shining (light); with the moon(-like) brightness
चन्द्रेण:
करण
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootचन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
दुहितःO daughter
दुहितः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootदुहितृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof heaven/sky
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘heaven, sky’
आhither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वहन्तीbringing, conveying
वहन्ती:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√वह् (वह् ‘प्रापणे/वहने’)
भूरिmuch, abundantly
भूरि:
—
TypeAdjective/Indeclinable (Vedic usage)
Rootभूरि (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) ‘बहु’
अस्मभ्यम्to us
अस्मभ्यम्:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सौभगम्good fortune, prosperity
सौभगम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसौभग- (प्रातिपदिक) < सु- + भग (भाग्य/समृद्धि)
विapart, forth; (as preverb) widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
उच्छन्तीdawning, shining forth
उच्छन्ती:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√उच्छ्/उद्+√छद्? (वेदे √उच्छ् ‘उदयने/प्रकाशे’ = ‘to dawn, shine forth’)
दिविष्टिषुin the heavenly abodes/regions
दिविष्टिषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootदिविष्टि- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘दिवि-स्थिति/दिवि-इष्टि’ (वेदे: heavenly stations/abodes; also ‘days/rites’ by context)
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