Rig Veda 7.77.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 77, Mantra 1
Sukta 7.77
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Uṣas (with Agni as co-present power of kindling)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उपो रुरुचे युवतिर्न योषा विश्वं जीवं प्रसुवन्ती चरायै । अभूदग्निः समिधे मानुषाणामकर्ज्योतिर्बाधमाना तमांसि ॥
Transliteration
úpo ruruce yuvatír ná yoṣā́ víśvaṃ jīváṃ pra-suvántī carā́yai | abhūd agníḥ samídhe mā́nuṣāṇām ákar jyótir bā́dhamānā támāṃsi ||
Translation
รุ่งอรุณส่องประกายดุจหญิงสาวเยาว์วัย นำสรรพชีวิตทั้งปวงให้เคลื่อนไปข้างหน้าเพื่อการดำเนินไป อัคนีบังเกิดเพื่อการจุดไฟของมนุษย์ เขาก่อให้เกิดแสง ขับไล่ความมืดทั้งหลาย
Word by Word
उपोup, forth, near (as preverb: ‘up/into view’)
उपो:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग) + आ (उपसर्ग)
रुरुचेhas shone, shone forth
रुरुचे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootरुच् (दीप्तौ)
युवतिःthe young woman
युवतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयुवति- (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा/निपात)
योषाa maiden, young woman
योषा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयोषा- (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वम्all, the whole
विश्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व- (प्रातिपदिक)
जीवम्living, alive
जीवम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootजीव- (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रसुवन्तीbringing forth, producing
प्रसुवन्ती:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootप्र + सू (प्रसवे/जनने)
चरायैfor roaming/moving about (for activity)
चरायै:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootचर- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘चर’ = moving/going; also ‘चर्या’)
अभूत्became, came to be
अभूत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootभू (सत्तायाम्)
अग्निःAgni (fire)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
समिधेfor kindling, for fuel (to be kindled)
समिधे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootसमिध्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘kindling, fuel’)
मानुषाणाम्of men, of mortals
मानुषाणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमानुष- (प्रातिपदिक)
अकःmade
अकः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (करणे) [Vedic aorist stem अक-]
ज्योतिःlight
ज्योतिः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
बाधमानःthrusting away, repelling
बाधमानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootबाध् (पीडने/निवारणे) + आ (उपसर्ग)
तमांसिdarknesses
तमांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
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