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Rig Veda 4.51.9: Mandala 4, Sukta 51, Mantra 9

Sukta 4.51

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Uṣas
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ता इन्न्वेव समना समानीरमीतवर्णा उषसश्चरन्ति । गूहन्तीरभ्वमसितं रुशद्भिः शुक्रास्तनूभिः शुचयो रुचानाः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.51.9
Transliteration

tā ín nv èva samanā samānīr amīta-varṇā uṣásaś caranti | gūhántīr abhvám asitáṃ rúśadbhiḥ śukrā́s tanū́bhiḥ śúcayo rucānā́ḥ ||

Translation

Even so, they move—one in their harmony, one in their sameness—Dawns of unmeasured colour and power. Hiding the vast blackness with their flashing radiances, pure and shining in their bright bodies, they make the consciousness luminous.

Word by Word
ताःthose (fem.), they
ताः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
नुnow, then (emphatic)
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
एवjust, indeed
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (निपात)
समानाequal, same
समाना:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक) → समान (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
समानीःuniform, alike
समानीः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक) → समान (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
अमीतवर्णाःof unmeasured/unchanging color (hue)
अमीतवर्णाः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक); उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद: अ- (नञ्) + मीत (√मा/√मि ‘मित/मीत’ ‘measured/limited’ as adjectival element)
उषसःthe Dawns
उषसः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
चरन्तिmove, proceed, go
चरन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√चर् (चरति)
गूहन्तीःhiding, concealing
गूहन्तीः:
कर्तृ (सह-क्रिया)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√गूह्/√गुह् (गूहति/गुहति)
अभ्वम्the vast (darkness/space); the mighty expanse
अभ्वम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअभ्व (प्रातिपदिक)
असितम्dark, black
असितम्:
कर्म (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअसित (प्रातिपदिक)
रुशद्भिःwith shining (ones), with bright (rays/forms)
रुशद्भिः:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootरुशद् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘shining, bright’)
शुक्राःbright, radiant
शुक्राः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तनूभिःwith bodies, with forms
तनूभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक)
शुचयःpure, bright
शुचयः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
रुचानाःshining, gleaming
रुचानाः:
कर्तृ (सह-क्रिया)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√रुच् (रोचते) / √रुच् (दीप्तौ)
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