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Rig Veda 4.51.1: Mandala 4, Sukta 51, Mantra 1

Sukta 4.51

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional for RV 4.51)
Devata: Uṣas (Dawn)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

इदमु त्यत्पुरुतमं पुरस्ताज्ज्योतिस्तमसो वयुनावदस्थात् । नूनं दिवो दुहितरो विभातीर्गातुं कृणवन्नुषसो जनाय ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.51.1

idám u tyát puru-tamáṃ purástāj jyótis támaso vayúnāvad asthāt | nūnáṃ divó duhitáro vibhātī́r gātúṃ kṛṇavann uṣáso jánāya ||

Inilah kini—yang paling melimpah—Cahaya itu, yang telah bangkit di hadapan, berketertiban yang membeda-bedakan (vayunāvat) dari kegelapan. Kini Fajar-fajar (Uṣas), puteri-puteri Langit (Dyaus), bersinar, menyediakan jalan bagi manusia.

इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed, just
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
त्यत्that
त्यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुतमम्most abundant, very manifold
पुरुतमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु-तम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पुरु’ + तमप्)
पुरस्तात्in front, in the east, beforehand
पुरस्तात्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरस् + तात् (अव्ययीभाव/तद्धित-प्रकार; अव्यय)
ज्योतिःlight
ज्योतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तमसःfrom darkness
तमसः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वयुनावत्possessing (right) order/skill, wisely ordered
वयुनावत्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootवयुन-वत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वयुन’ + वत्)
अस्थात्stood forth, arose
अस्थात्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
नूनम्now, indeed
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (अव्यय)
दिवःof heaven
दिवः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दिव्’)
दुहितरःdaughters
दुहितरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
विभातीःshining, radiant
विभातीः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participial) / Noun-like epithet
Rootवि-भा (धातु) → विभाति (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/नामरूप)
गातुम्path, course
गातुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगातु (प्रातिपदिक; √गा/गम्-सम्बद्ध ‘path/going’)
कृणवन्making, forming
कृणवन्:
Kartā
TypeVerbal participle
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृण्वत् (वर्तमान-कर्तरि कृदन्त)
उषसःdawns
उषसः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
जनायfor the people, for mankind
जनाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)

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