Rig Veda 4.51.7 — Mandala 4, Sukta 51, Mantra 7
Sukta 4.51
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 4)
Devata: Uṣas (Dawn)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ता घा ता भद्रा उषसः पुरासुरभिष्टिद्युम्ना ऋतजातसत्याः । यास्वीजानः शशमान उक्थैः स्तुवञ्छंसन्द्रविणं सद्य आप ॥
Transliteration
tā ghā tā bhadrā uṣásaḥ purāsur abhiṣṭí-dyumnā ṛtajāta-satyāḥ | yāsu ījānáḥ śaśamāná ukthaíḥ stuváñ cháṃsan dráviṇaṃ sadyá āpa ||
Translation
ते हि ते भद्रा उषसः पुरासुरभिष्टिद्युम्ना ऋतजातसत्याः। तासु यजमान उक्थैः शशमानः स्तुवञ्छंसन् सद्य एव द्रविणम् अन्तःस्थं प्राप।
Word by Word
ताःthose (fem. pl.)
ताः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
घindeed, surely
घ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (निपात)
ताःthose
ताः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भद्राःauspicious, gracious
भद्राः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उषसःDawns
उषसः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पुराformerly, before
पुरा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
सुरभिष्टिद्युम्नाःhaving fragrant/pleasant help and radiance (glory)
सुरभिष्टिद्युम्नाः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुरभिष्टि-द्युम्न (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतजातसत्याःwhose truth is born of ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतजातसत्याः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋत-जात-सत्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
यास्वीजानःthe worshipper (sacrificer) who has gone/approached (to them)
यास्वीजानः:
Kartā
TypeKṛdanta (agent noun) + (compound)
Rootयासु + ईजान (√यज् ‘to worship’, क्त/क्विप्-आधारित कृत्; ‘ईजान’ = यजमान/यष्टा)
शशमानःstriving, exerting
शशमानः:
Kartā (समानाधिकरण)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√शम्/शम (Vedic: ‘to toil/strive, be active’; present participle)
उक्थैःwith hymns/recitations
उक्थैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
स्तुवन्praising
स्तुवन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√स्तु (to praise) शतृ-प्रत्यय
शंसन्reciting, lauding
शंसन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√शंस् (to proclaim/praise) शतृ-प्रत्यय
द्रविणम्wealth, bounty
द्रविणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्रविण (प्रातिपदिक)
सद्यःimmediately, at once
सद्यः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः (अव्यय)
आपattained, obtained
आप:
—
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (to obtain, reach) — लिट्/लुङ्-रूप (Vedic injunctive/aorist usage)
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