Rig Veda 5.79.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 79, Mantra 2
Sukta 5.79
Rishi: Syāvāśva Ātreya (traditional)
Devata: Uṣas
Chandas: Jagatī (traditional classification; verify in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
या सुनीथे शौचद्रथे व्यौच्छो दुहितर्दिवः । सा व्युच्छ सहीयसि सत्यश्रवसि वाय्ये सुजाते अश्वसूनृते ॥
Transliteration
yā sunīthé śáucadrathe vyàuccho duhitar divaḥ | sā vyùccha sahīyasi satyáśravasi vāyyé sujāte aśvasūnṛte ||
Translation
โอ ธิดาแห่งท้องฟ้า ผู้ได้ทอแสงออกบนหนทางอันดี บนรถศึกอันสว่างไสว—บัดนี้จงทอแสงเถิด. จงยิ่งทวีอานุภาพ โอผู้สดับความจริง ผู้ดำเนินอยู่ในลมหายใจ (vāyu) ผู้บังเกิดดี ผู้ประทานพลังอันรวดเร็วและถ้อยคำอันชื่นบาน.
Word by Word
याshe who
या:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुनीथेin good guidance / in good leading
सुनीथे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (locative) / epithet
Rootसु-नीथ (प्रातिपदिक; सु + नीथ ‘नेतृत्व/मार्गदर्शन’)
शौचद्रथेin the bright/pure chariot
शौचद्रथे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (locative) / epithet
Rootशौच-द्रथ (समास; शौच ‘शुद्धि/दीप्ति’ + द्रथ ‘रथ’)
विforth, apart
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
औच्छःyou shone forth / you dawned
औच्छः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवच्/उच् (धातु; √उच्/√वच् ‘उषः-प्रकाशे/उदय’ → ‘उच्छ्’ in Vedic usage)
दुहितःO daughter
दुहितः:
Sampradāna (address) / Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootदुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof heaven / of the sky
दिवः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक ‘द्यौ/दिव्’)
साshe (that one)
सा:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विforth
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
उच्छshine forth! / dawn!
उच्छ:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootउच्छ् (धातु; √उच्छ् ‘उदय/प्रकाश’)
सहीयसिyou are stronger / you prevail
सहीयसि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootसह् (धातु; √सह् ‘बल/सहन’) + ईयस् (तुलनात्मक-प्रत्यय) → ‘सहीयस्’
सत्यश्रवसिO of true fame
सत्यश्रवसि:
Sampradāna (address) / Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (vocative) / epithet
Rootसत्य-श्रवस् (समास; सत्य ‘true’ + श्रवस् ‘fame/glory’)
वाय्येin the airy/atmospheric (realm)
वाय्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (locative) / epithet
Rootवाय्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वायु-सम्बन्धिन्/वायव्य’)
सुजातेO well-born
सुजाते:
Sampradāna (address) / Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootसु-जात (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; सु + √जन् ‘to be born’)
अश्वसूनृतेO Ashva-sūnṛtā (lady of horses and good/true speech)
अश्वसूनृते:
Sampradāna (address) / Sambodhana
TypeNoun/epithet (vocative)
Rootअश्व-सूनृत (समास; अश्व ‘horse’ + सूनृत ‘good speech/true utterance’; वैदिक देवीनाम)
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