Rig Veda 1.48.11: Mandala 1, Sukta 48, Mantra 11

Sukta 1.48

Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa

Devata: Uṣas

Chandas: Jagatī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उषो वाजं हि वंस्व यश्चित्रो मानुषे जने । तेना वह सुकृतो अध्वराँ उप ये त्वा गृणन्ति वह्नयः ॥

Transliteration

uṣo vā́jaṃ hí vaṃsva yáś citró mā́nuṣe jáne | ténā vaha sukṛ́to adhvarā́ṃ úpa yé tvā gṛṇánti váhnayaḥ ||

Translation

Ó Uṣas (Aurora), conquista para nós o vā́ja, a plenitude de força que resplandece entre os humanos; com ele aproxima as oferendas bem realizadas e as obras retas do adhvara: pois os que te cantam são os vahní, portadores da chama.

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Word by Word

• उषः: O Uṣas (Dawn)
• उषः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative) / Devatā-name
• Root: उषस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजम्: prize; strength; bounty
• वाजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज- (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• वंस्व: win! obtain!
• वंस्व: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)

• यः: which; who
• यः: कर्तृ (of implied ‘is/exists’ describing वाजम्)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्रः: bright; wondrous; splendid
• चित्रः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मानुषे: among/for mankind; in the human (sphere)
• मानुषे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मानुष- (प्रातिपदिक)

• जने: in the people; among folk
• जने: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन- (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेन: with that; thereby
• तेन: करण
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• सुकृतः: the well-doers; the pious
• सुकृतः: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-कृत- (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; ‘well-done, pious’)

• अध्वरान्: sacrifices; rites
• अध्वरान्: कर्म (goal/objects to which they are brought)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: towards; near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / Adverb
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ये: who; those who
• ये: कर्तृ (of गृणन्ति)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म (of गृणन्ति)
• Type: Pronoun (2nd person)
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गृणन्ति: they praise; they sing to
• गृणन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: गृ (धातु; ‘to sing/praise’)

• वह्नयः: bearers; fire-priests/chanters (ritual agents)
• वह्नयः: कर्तृ (apposition to ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)