Rig Veda 1.50.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 50, Mantra 6
Sukta 1.50
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditionally for RV 1.50)
Devata: Varuṇa (invoked here as the all-seeing guardian of Ṛta, in a solar hymn context)
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
येना पावक चक्षसा भुरण्यन्तं जनाँ अनु । त्वं वरुण पश्यसि ॥
Transliteration
yénā pā́vaka cákṣasā bhuráṇyantaṃ jánāṃ ánu | tváṃ varuṇa páśyasi ||
Translation
ด้วยดวงตาอันบริสุทธิ์และชำระให้กระจ่างนั้น ซึ่งท่านติดตามหมู่ชนผู้เคลื่อนไหวไปตามกัน—ท่าน วรุณะ (Varuṇa) ย่อมทอดพระเนตร เห็นทะลุผ่านเครื่องปกปิดทั้งปวง
Word by Word
येनby which
येन:
करण (instrument) / साधनम्
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
पावकO purifier
पावक:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootपू (धातु) → पावक (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, ‘purifying’)
चक्षसाwith (your) eye / by sight
चक्षसा:
करण (instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘eye, sight’
भुरण्यन्तम्the swiftly moving (one)
भुरण्यन्तम्:
कर्म (object) — ‘whom/which (you) see’
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Rootभुरण्य् (धातु, ‘to hasten/whirl, be in rapid motion’) → भुरण्यन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ)
जनान्people, men
जनान्:
कर्म (object) (with अनु) — ‘along/over people’
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक) ‘people, men’
अनुalong, following
अनु:
(उपपद-सम्बन्धः) कर्म-सम्बन्धे ‘following/along’
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वरुणO Varuṇa
वरुण:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootवरुण (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पश्यसिyou see
पश्यसि:
क्रिया (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootपश् (धातु) ‘to see’
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