Rig Veda 1.35.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 35, Mantra 7
Sukta 1.35
Rishi: Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa
Devata: Savitṛ/Sūrya (Savitṛ hymn with explicit Sūrya query)
Chandas: Jagatī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वि सुपर्णो अन्तरिक्षाण्यख्यद्गभीरवेपा असुरः सुनीथः । क्वेदानीं सूर्यः कश्चिकेत कतमां द्यां रश्मिरस्या ततान ॥
Transliteration
ví suparṇó antárikṣāṇy akhyad gabhīrávepā ásuraḥ sunī́thaḥ | kvèdānī́ṁ sū́ryaḥ káś ciketa katamā́ṁ dyā́ṁ raśmírasya tatāna ||
Translation
Крылатый прекраснопёрый различил межмирья; глубоко дрожащий, владыка, ведущий к благому пути. Где же теперь Сурья? Кто это распознал? К какому небу протянулся его луч?
Word by Word
विapart, forth, widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग) / प्रातिपदिक
सुपर्णःthe fair-winged one (bird; Sun)
सुपर्णः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसुपर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तरिक्षाणिthe mid-spaces, atmospheres
अन्तरिक्षाणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
अख्यत्he/it beheld, perceived
अख्यत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ख्य (ख्याय्)
गभीरवेपाःhaving deep tremor/impulse; deeply stirring
गभीरवेपाः:
Kartā (विशेषण-सम्बन्ध) / —
TypeAdjective
Rootगभीर-वेपस् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)
असुरःthe Asura (lordly one)
असुरः:
Kartā (समनाधिकरणम् सुपर्णः)
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
सुनीथःof good guidance; well-leading
सुनीथः:
Kartā (विशेषण-सम्बन्ध) / —
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-नीथ (प्रातिपदिक)
क्वwhere?
क्व:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (अव्यय)
इदानीम्now
इदानीम्:
Adhikaraṇa (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइदानीम् (अव्यय)
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
कःwho?
कः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चिकेतhas perceived/knows
चिकेत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√चित् (चेतयति/चिकेति)
कतमाम्which (of them), what particular
कतमाम्:
Karma (विशेषण-सम्बन्ध) / —
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootकतम (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्याम्the heaven, sky
द्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
रश्मिःray, rein
रश्मिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him/it (of this one)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ततानhas stretched/spread
ततान:
—
TypeVerb
Root√तन्
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