Rig Veda 1.50.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 50, Mantra 9

Sukta 1.50

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditionally for RV 1.50)

Devata: Sūrya

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अयुक्त सप्त शुन्ध्युवः सूरो रथस्य नप्त्यः । ताभिर्याति स्वयुक्तिभिः ॥

Transliteration

áyukta saptá śundhyúvaḥ sū́ro ráthasya náptyāḥ | tā́bhir yāti sváyuktibhiḥ ||

Translation

สุริยะ (Sūrya) ได้เทียมแอกพลังชำระล้างทั้งเจ็ด—เหล่าบุตรอันละเอียดของรถศึกนั้น; ด้วยพลังที่เทียมตนเองเหล่านี้ พระองค์เสด็จดำเนินไป.

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• अयु॑क्त: he yoked / he harnessed
• अयु॑क्त: (क्रिया) मुख्य क्रियापद
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (योजने)

• स॒प्त: seven
• स॒प्त: विशेषण (कर्म/सम्बन्धित पद)
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• शु॒न्ध्युवः: the shining/bright ones (steeds)
• शु॒न्ध्युवः: कर्म (युज्-क्रियायाः) / योज्याः
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: शुन्ध्यु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शुद्ध/दीप्त/शोभन’ अर्थे, Vedic epithet)

• सूरः: the Sun (Sūrya)
• सूरः: कर्तृ (अयु॑क्त इति क्रियायाः) तथा ‘याति’ इत्यस्यापि
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सूर्य’/‘सूर’)

• रथस्य: of the chariot
• रथस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive): ‘of the chariot’
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• न॒प्त्यः: the descendants/kinsmen (of the chariot)
• न॒प्त्यः: सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (शुन्ध्युवः इत्यस्य): ‘rathasya’ इत्यनेन सम्बद्धम्
• Type: Noun/Adjective (appositional epithet)
• Root: नप्त्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वंशज/पौत्र/वंशसम्बद्ध’)

• ताभिः: with those (them)
• ताभिः: करण (याति—‘with/by them’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• याति: he goes / he drives
• याति: (क्रिया) मुख्य क्रियापद
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गत्यर्थे)

• स्वयु॑क्तिभिः: with self-yoked (powers/teams)
• स्वयु॑क्तिभिः: करण (याति—‘by/with self-yokings / self-harnessed means’)
• Type: Noun (instrumental plural; abstract/collective)
• Root: स्व- + युज् → स्वयु॑क्ति- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘self-yoking/ self-harnessing’)