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Rig Veda 4.23.5: Mandala 4, Sukta 23, Mantra 5

Sukta 4.23

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for RV 4.23)
Devata: Uṣas / luminous divine power responding at Dawn (with an implicit deva as the accepter of sakhya)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 4.23; verse-level verification needed)

कथा कदस्या उषसो व्युष्टौ देवो मर्तस्य सख्यं जुजोष । कथा कदस्य सख्यं सखिभ्यो ये अस्मिन्कामं सुयुजं ततस्रे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.23.5

kathā kad asyā́ḥ uṣáso ví-uṣṭau devó mártasya sakhyáṃ jujoṣa | kathā kad asyá sakhyáṃ sakhíbhyo yé asmín kā́maṃ su-yújaṃ tatasré ||

എങ്ങനെ, ഏതു ഗൂഢമായ വഴിത്തിരിവിലൂടെ, ഈ ഉഷസ്സിന്റെ വ്യുഷ്ടിയിൽ ദേവൻ മർത്ത്യന്റെ സഖ്യം അംഗീകരിക്കുന്നു? പിന്നെ എങ്ങനെ, ഏതു മാർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ, ഇവിടെ ദൈവോദ്ദേശത്തോട് സുസംയോജിതമായ ആഗ്രഹം വിരിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന സഖാക്കളുടെ ഇടയിൽ ആ സഖ്യം യാഥാർത്ഥ്യമാക്കുന്നു?

कथाhow?
कथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथा (प्रश्नाव्यय)
कदस्यof which (one)?
कदस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootकद (प्रश्न-प्रातिपदिक)
उषसःof Dawn
उषसः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootउषस्
व्यूष्टौat the dawning / at daybreak
व्यूष्टौ:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootव्यूष्टि (वि+उष्) / व्युष् (कृदन्ताधार)
देवःthe god
देवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
मर्तस्यof the mortal
मर्तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त
सख्यम्friendship
सख्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसख्य
जुजोषhas enjoyed / has accepted
जुजोष:
TypeVerb
Rootजुष्
कथाhow?
कथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथा (प्रश्नाव्यय)
कदस्यof which (one)?
कदस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootकद (प्रश्न-प्रातिपदिक)
सख्यम्friendship
सख्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसख्य
सखिभ्यःto/for (or: from) the friends
सखिभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान (to the friends) / अपादान (from the friends)
TypeNoun
Rootसखि
येwho
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
कामम्desire / wish
कामम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
सुयुजम्well-yoked / well-joined
सुयुजम्:
कर्म (विशेषण-भाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-युज् (युज्) / सुयुज (प्रातिपदिक)
ततस्रेhave crossed / have passed over
ततस्रे:
TypeVerb
Rootतॄ/तॄ (तॄ ‘to cross/overcome’ वैदिक) / तस्र् (वैदिक धातु-पर्याय)

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