Rig Veda 10.172.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 172, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.172
Devata: Uṣas (Dawn)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उषा अप स्वसुस्तमः सं वर्तयति वर्तनिं सुजातता ॥
Transliteration
uṣā́ apá svasús támaḥ sáṃ vartayati vartaníṃ sujā́tatā ||
Translation
Dawn, the happy sister, drives away the darkness; by her well-born power she sets the path in motion again—restoring the right course for the journey of consciousness.
Word by Word
उषाःDawn (Uṣas)
उषाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootउषस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
अपaway, forth (as a preverb/adverb)
अप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (अव्यय)
स्वसुःof the sister
स्वसुः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वसृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
तमःdarkness
तमः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely (preverb)
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग)
वर्तयतिturns/rolls/drives (away)
वर्तयति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (धातु) → वर्तय- (णिजन्त)
वर्तनिम्path, track, course
वर्तनिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवर्तनि- (प्रातिपदिक)
सुजातताgood birth/noble nature; fair-begetting (quality)
सुजातता:
कर्तृ/विशेषणभाव (उषसः गुण/स्वभाव)
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootसु- + जातता (प्रातिपदिक; भाववाचक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
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