Rig Veda 6.71.5: Mandala 6, Sukta 71, Mantra 5

Sukta 6.71

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional for Mandala 6); hymn to Savitṛ

Devata: Savitṛ (the Impeller, solar creative power)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verse length and cadence typical of Jagatī in this section)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उदू अयाँ उपवक्तेव बाहू हिरण्यया सविता सुप्रतीका । दिवो रोहांस्यरुहत्पृथिव्या अरीरमत्पतयत्कच्चिदभ्वम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.71.5

Transliteration

udū́ ayā́m upavaktéva bāhū́ hiraṇyáyā savitā́ suprátīkā | divó rohā́ṃsy aruhat pṛthivyā́ arī́ramat patáyat kác cid ábhvam ||

Translation

W górę wyciągnął swoje ramiona, jak ten, który ponagla i kieruje dziełem; Sawitri, złocisty w swojej formującej mocy i piękny w objawieniu. Wspina się na wzniesienia nieba z szerokości ziemi; wszystko ustawia we właściwym ruchu, latając nawet przez rozległą nieznane.

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Word by Word

• उदु: up, forth (emphatic particle)
• उदु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग) + उ (एन्क्लिटिक/निपात) → उदु

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उपवक्तेव: like an announcer/speaker
• उपवक्तेव: Kartā (उपमा) / विशेषण-भाव
• Type: Noun (agent) used in simile
• Root: उपवक्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; उप-√वच् ‘to speak/utter’)

• बाहू: (his) two arms
• बाहू: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• हिरण्यया: golden
• हिरण्यया: Karaṇa (वर्णनात्मक) / विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सविता: Savitṛ (the impeller, Sun-god)
• सविता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुप्रतीका: of beautiful appearance/face
• सुप्रतीका: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + प्रतीक (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवः: of heaven
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोहांसि: the ascents/heights (steps upward)
• रोहांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोह (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ascent/height/step’)

• अरुहत्: he ascended
• अरुहत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुह् (रुहँ) ‘to ascend’

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• पृथिव्याः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरीरमत्: he set in motion / he made (it) rest/settle (Vedic: caused to move/arrange)
• अरीरमत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रम् (रमुँ) ‘to rest, be still; to delight’ (caus./intensive nuance in Vedic) → अरीरमत्

• पतयत्: he caused to fly/impelled
• पतयत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (पतँ) ‘to fly, fall’ → causative √पतय् ‘to cause to fly/drive’

• कच्चित्: whether indeed?
• कच्चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित् (निपात-समास: किम् + चित्)

• अभ्वम्: the vast/monstrous (thing), the great expanse
• अभ्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: अभ्व (प्रातिपदिक)