Rig Veda 1.124.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 124, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.124

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa

Devata: Uṣas

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अमिनती दैव्यानि व्रतानि प्रमिनती मनुष्या युगानि । ईयुषीणामुपमा शश्वतीनामायतीनां प्रथमोषा व्यद्यौत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.124.2

Transliteration

áminatī daivyā́ni vratā́ni praminatī́ manuṣyā́ yugā́ni | īyúṣīṇām upamā́ śáśvatīnām āyatīnā́ṁ prathamóṣā́ vyàdyaut ||

Translation

Не нарушая божественных обетов, она разрушает человеческие эпохи косности. Мера и образ тех, что ушли прежде, и тех, что вновь возвращаются, — Ушас, первая, воссияла, обновляя движение души.

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Word by Word

• अमिनती: not injuring; not violating
• अमिनती: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मिनाति) / √मि (हिंसाने/क्षये)

• दैव्यानि: divine
• दैव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैव्य (देव-सम्बन्धिन्) < देव

• व्रतानि: ordinances; sacred laws
• व्रतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत

• प्रमिनती: violating; transgressing
• प्रमिनती: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मिनाति) / √मि (हिंसाने/क्षये) + प्र

• मनुष्याः: mortals; humans
• मनुष्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य

• युगानि: ages; generations; yokes (i.e., periods)
• युगानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग

• ईयुषीणाम्: of those that have gone/come (i.e., of the bygone ones)
• ईयुषीणाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (participial stem used substantively)
• Root: ईयुष् (√इ ‘गत्यर्थः’ से भूतकृदन्त/परफेक्ट-भाग)

• उपमा: the likeness; the counterpart
• उपमा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपमा

• शश्वतीनाम्: of the ever-recurring; perpetual
• शश्वतीनाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शश्वत्

• आयतीनाम्: of those that are coming; future
• आयतीनाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Participle (used adjectivally)
• Root: आयती (आ + √या ‘गमन’ → ‘आयती’ ‘आगच्छन्ती/आगामिनी’)

• प्रथमा: the first
• प्रथमा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम

• उषाः: Dawn (Uṣas)
• उषाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस्

• व्यद्यौत्: shone forth; flashed out
• व्यद्यौत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √द्युत् (दीप्तौ) + वि