HomeRig VedaMandala 1Sukta 115Mantra 1
Next Mantra

Rig Veda 1.115.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 115, Mantra 1

Sukta 1.115

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditional attribution for RV 1.115)
Devata: Sūrya
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 1.115.1)

चित्रं देवानामुदगादनीकं चक्षुर्मित्रस्य वरुणस्याग्नेः । आप्रा द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरिक्षं सूर्य आत्मा जगतस्तस्थुषश्च ॥

citrám devā́nām úd agād anī́kaṃ cákṣur mitrásya váruṇasyā́gneḥ | ā́prā dyā́vāpṛthivī́ antárikṣaṃ sū́rya ātmā́ jágatas tasthúṣaś ca ||

దేవతల యొక్క విచిత్రమైన, ప్రకాశమయ ముఖం ఉదయించింది—మిత్ర-వరుణులకూ అగ్నికీ నేత్రమైన సూర్యుడు. ఆయన ద్యావా-పృథివి మరియు అంతరిక్షాన్ని నింపాడు; కదిలేది, నిలిచేది—జగత్తంతటికీ సూర్యుడే ఆత్మ.

चित्रम्bright, variegated, wondrous
चित्रम्:
Karma (with उदगात्: ‘rose/appeared’ as what rose)
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्र (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *kʷei̯t- ‘to shine/appear’ (semantic)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Sambandha (genitive: ‘of the gods’)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) < √दिव् ‘to shine’
उद्up, forth
उद्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग)
अगात्went up; rose; appeared
अगात्:
Kriyā (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति) < PIE *gʷem- ‘to go’
अनीकम्face; appearance; shining form/orb
अनीकम्:
Kartā (subject of अगात्; appositional with चित्रम्)
TypeNoun
Rootअनीक (प्रातिपदिक)
चक्षुःeye
चक्षुः:
Kartā (in apposition to अनीकम्: ‘(the) eye’)
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √चक्ष् ‘to see’
मित्रस्यof Mitra
मित्रस्य:
Sambandha (genitive dependent on चक्षुः)
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वरुणस्यof Varuṇa
वरुणस्य:
Sambandha (genitive dependent on चक्षुः)
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
Sambandha (genitive dependent on चक्षुः)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
towards; fully
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
अप्राःfilled; pervaded
अप्राः:
Kriyā (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√पॄ/पॢ (पूरयति) ‘to fill, to pervade’
द्यावापृथिवीHeaven-and-Earth
द्यावापृथिवी:
Karma (what was filled/pervaded)
TypeNoun (dual compound/dvandva)
Rootद्यावा (दिव्/द्यौ प्रातिपदिक) + पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तरिक्षम्midspace; atmosphere
अन्तरिक्षम्:
Karma (also what was filled/pervaded)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā (subject of implied ‘is/stands’)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) < √सुर्/√स्वर् (semantic: shining)
आत्माself; vital essence
आत्मा:
Kartā (apposition to सूर्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
जगतःof the moving (world/creation)
जगतः:
Sambandha (genitive with आत्मा: ‘of the moving world’)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक) < √गम् (present participial base: ‘moving’)
तस्थुषःof the standing (fixed beings)
तस्थुषः:
Sambandha (genitive coordinated with जगतः)
TypeNoun/Participle used substantively
Rootतस्थुष् (प्रातिपदिक; perf. participle of √स्था ‘to stand’)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)

Ask anything about this verse

Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.

Not sure where to start?

A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.

Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app

Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.

Continue reading in the Vedapath app

Open in App