Rig Veda 1.175.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 175, Mantra 4

Sukta 1.175

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional; verify)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मुषाय सूर्यं कवे चक्रमीशान ओजसा । वह शुष्णाय वधं कुत्सं वातस्याश्वैः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.175.4

Transliteration

muṣāyá sū́ryaṃ kave cakrám ī́śāna ójasā | váha śúṣṇāya vadháṃ kútsaṃ vā́tasya áśvaiḥ ||

Translation

Ó vidente, reconquista o Sol roubado; toma a roda por teu senhorio e tua força. Leva o golpe contra Śuṣṇa; leva Kutsa com os corcéis de Vāta.

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Word by Word

• मु॒षा॒य: secretly, by stealth
• मु॒षा॒य: Karaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मु॒ष् (muṣ) / मु॒षा॒य (muṣāya) < अव्यय (instr. of muṣā ‘by stealth’)

• सूर्यं॑: the Sun
• सूर्यं॑: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (prātipadika)

• कवे: O sage/poet (seer)
• कवे: (Sambodhana) संबोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (prātipadika)

• चक्रम्: wheel, disk
• चक्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (prātipadika)

• ईशानः: ruling, lordly; possessing
• ईशानः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: ईश् (īś) → ईशान (kṛdanta prātipadika)

• ओजसा: with strength, by might
• ओजसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस् (prātipadika)

• वह: carry! convey!
• वह: (Verb) क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (vah)

• शुष्णाय: for Śuṣṇa (the demon)
• शुष्णाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: शुष्ण (proper noun prātipadika)

• वधम्: slaying, killing
• वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (prātipadika) / √वध् (to strike)

• कुत्सम्: Kutsa (name of a seer/hero)
• कुत्सम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: कुत्स (proper noun prātipadika)

• वातस्य: of the wind
• वातस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (prātipadika)

• अश्वैः: with horses
• अश्वैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (prātipadika)