Rig Veda 1.92.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 92, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.92

Rishi: Gautama (Gotamas)

Devata: Uṣas

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रत्यर्ची रुशदस्या अदर्शि वि तिष्ठते बाधते कृष्णमभ्वम् । स्वरुं न पेशो विदथेष्वञ्जञ्चित्रं दिवो दुहिता भानुमश्रेत् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.92.5

Transliteration

práty arcī́ rúśad asyā adarśi ví tiṣṭhate bā́dhate kṛ́ṣṇam ábhvam | svárum ná péśo vidátheṣv añján citráṃ divó duhitā́ bhā́num aśret ||

Translation

Jej odpowiadający płomień, lśniący, jest widziany; ona staje naprzeciw i przepędza czarną nieskończoność. Jak pięknie uformowany kształt namaszcza swoje piękno w zgromadzeniach; Córka Nieba sięgnęła po cudowny blask.

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Word by Word

• प्रति: towards, in response
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (upasarga/avyaya)

• अर्ची: the flame, ray
• अर्ची: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रुशत्: shining, bright
• रुशत्: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुश् (धातु) → रुशत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ)

• अस्या: of her
• अस्या: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अदर्शि: was seen, appeared
• अदर्शि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) — aorist passive

• वि: apart, forth, widely
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/avyaya)

• तिष्ठते: stands, takes her stand
• तिष्ठते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• बाधते: drives away, repels
• बाधते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु)

• कृष्णम्: the black (darkness)
• कृष्णम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभ्वम्: the vast/monstrous (gloom), the great darkness
• अभ्वम्: Karma (apposition to कृष्णम्)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (substantive)
• Root: अभ्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वरुम्: a stake/pole; (here) a fixed support/peg
• स्वरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (उपमा-अव्यय)

• पेशः: form, ornamented appearance, beauty
• पेशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पेशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: forth, distinctly
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/avyaya)

• विदथेषु: in the assemblies/rites
• विदथेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अञ्जन्: adorning, anointing
• अञ्जन्: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Participle
• Root: अञ्ज् (धातु) → अञ्जन् (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ)

• चित्रम्: bright, variegated, wondrous
• चित्रम्: Karma (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवः: of heaven, of the sky
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुहिता: daughter
• दुहिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• भानुम्: light, radiance
• भानुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्रेत्: has resorted to / has reached / has leaned upon
• अश्रेत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (धातु) — aorist