Rig Veda 1.35.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 35, Mantra 9

Sukta 1.35

Rishi: Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

Devata: Savitṛ

Chandas: Jagatī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

हिरण्यपाणिः सविता विचर्षणिरुभे द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरीयते । अपामीवां बाधते वेति सूर्यमभि कृष्णेन रजसा द्यामृणोति ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.35.9

Transliteration

híraṇyapāṇiḥ savitā́ vícarṣaṇir ubhé dyā́vāpṛthivī́ antár īyate | apā́mīvāṁ bā́dhate véti sū́ryam abhí kṛṣṇéna rájasā dyā́m ṛṇoti ||

Translation

สวิตฤ (Savitṛ) ผู้มีหัตถ์ทอง ผู้มองเห็นกว้างไกล เคลื่อนไประหว่างฟ้ากับดิน พระองค์ขับไล่โรคภัย เสด็จสู่สุริยะ และทรงคลุมท้องฟ้าด้วยรชัส (rajas) อันมืด—เพื่อให้สิ่งที่ยังไม่สุกงอมในเราถูกปกปิดไว้ และสิ่งที่พร้อมแล้วถูกนำไปด้วยทัศนะอันเยียวยาของพระองค์

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Word by Word

• हिरण्यपाणिः: the golden-handed (Savitar)
• हिरण्यपाणिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: हिरण्य-पाणि (प्रातिपदिक; पाणि < √पण्/पण् ‘to trade/hand’ → ‘hand’ as noun)

• सविता: Savitar (the Impeller)
• सविता: कर्तृ (apposition to हिरण्यपाणिः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक; agent noun from √सू/√सव् ‘to impel, set in motion’)

• विचर्षणिः: the all-observing / widely active one
• विचर्षणिः: कर्तृ (apposition)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वि-चर्षणि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘far-seeing/active among men’, Vedic epithet)

• उभे: both
• उभे: कर्म (of अन्तरीयते)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यावापृथिवी: Heaven and Earth
• द्यावापृथिवी: कर्म (in apposition to उभे)
• Type: Noun (dvandva compound)
• Root: द्याव् + पृथिवी (द्वन्द्व-समास; द्यौ/द्याव् ‘sky’ + पृथिवी ‘earth’)

• अन्तरीयते: moves between / pervades the space between
• अन्तरीयते: क्रिया (कर्तृ = सविता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्-√ई (ई ‘to go’; with preverb अन्तर्, Vedic middle)

• अपामीवाम्: disease/affliction (away)
• अपामीवाम्: कर्म (of बाधते)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: अप-आमीवा (प्रातिपदिक; आमीवा ‘disease, affliction’)

• बाधते: drives away, repels
• बाधते: क्रिया (कर्तृ = सविता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बाध् (to press, repel, drive away)

• वेति: goes toward / follows
• वेति: क्रिया (कर्तृ = सविता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वी/√वे (Vedic: ‘to pursue, go toward, seek’)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: कर्म (of वेति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, over
• अभि: (upasarga) modifies √ऋ/√वृ in अभि…आ-…रुणोति
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अभि

• कृष्णेन: with the dark (one), with darkness
• कृष्णेन: करण
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• रजसा: with dust/mist; with the dark space
• रजसा: करण (co-instrument with कृष्णेन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्याम्: the sky
• द्याम्: कर्म (of रुणोति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/द्याम् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: unto, completely
• आ: (upasarga) modifies √ऋ/√वृ in आ-रुणोति
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ

• ऋणोति: covers/envelops; sets over
• ऋणोति: क्रिया (कर्तृ = सविता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋ (Vedic: ‘to set in motion; to rise; to reach/cover’; here with अभि + आ)