Rig Veda 1.48.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 48, Mantra 7
Sukta 1.48
Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa
Devata: Uṣas
Chandas: Jagatī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एषायुक्त परावतः सूर्यस्योदयनादधि । शतं रथेभिः सुभगोषा इयं वि यात्यभि मानुषान् ॥
Transliteration
eṣā́yukta parāvátaḥ sū́ryasyotayánād ádhi | śatáṃ ráthebhiḥ subhágā́ uṣā́ iyáṃ ví yāty abhí mā́nuṣān ||
Translation
Ela atrelou o seu curso desde o longínquo além, desde o lugar do erguer-se de Sūrya. Esta Uṣas de bom augúrio sai com cem carros e avança em direção aos humanos.
Word by Word
एषाthis (she)
एषा:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) स्त्री.
युक्तyoked, harnessed
युक्त:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootयुज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/PPP)
परावतःfrom afar, from a distant place
परावतः:
अपादान
TypeNoun (used adverbially)
Rootपरावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यस्यof the Sun
सूर्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
उदयनात्from the rising (place/time), from sunrise
उदयनात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootउदयना (प्रातिपदिक; ‘rising/going up’, esp. sunrise)
अधिupon, over, at
अधि:
अधिकारण (उपपद-सम्बन्धः: ‘upon/over/at’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
कर्म (परिमाण-निर्देशः)
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
रथेभिःwith chariots
रथेभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
सुभगाfortunate, auspicious
सुभगा:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + भग (प्रातिपदिक) → सुभग (विशेषण)
उषाःDawn (Uṣas)
उषाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इयम्this (she)
इयम्:
कर्तृ (उषाः-समनाधिकरणम्)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) स्त्री.
विforth, apart, widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यातिgoes, moves
याति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मानुषान्men, humans
मानुषान्:
कर्म (गत्यर्थे: ‘towards whom’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (used substantively)
Rootमानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
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