Rig Veda 7.75.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 75, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.75

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Uṣas

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; confirm with metrical scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

महे नो अद्य सुविताय बोध्युषो महे सौभगाय प्र यन्धि । चित्रं रयिं यशसं धेह्यस्मे देवि मर्तेषु मानुषि श्रवस्युम् ॥

Transliteration

mahé no adyá suvitā́ya bodhy uṣo mahé sáubhagāya prá yandhi | citráṃ rayíṃ yaśásaṃ dhehy asmée devi márteṣu mā́nuṣi śravasyúm ||

Translation

Awaken for us today toward the good going (right progress), O Dawn; lead us forward toward a great felicity. Set in us a luminous wealth, fame-bearing—O Goddess—among mortals, in the human field, making us seekers of the higher hearing (inspired renown).

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Word by Word

• म॒हे: for the great (good), for greatness
• म॒हे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अ॒द्य: today, now
• अ॒द्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• सु॑वि॒ताय॑: for good fortune / good guidance
• सु॑वि॒ताय॑: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवित (प्रातिपदिक) < सु-√विद्/विद् (हित/लाभार्थ ‘good finding, good fortune’)

• बो॒ध्यु: awake! be aware!
• बो॒ध्यु: Kartā (आह्वान/आज्ञा) / क्रियापद
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बुध् (बोधने)

• उषः: O Dawn
• उषः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: उषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• म॒हे: for great (benefit)
• म॒हे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सौभ॑गाय॒: for prosperity / good luck
• सौभ॑गाय॒: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभग (प्रातिपदिक) < सु-भग (‘good fortune, prosperity’)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• य॑न्धि: grant! bestow!
• य॑न्धि: Karma (आज्ञा-क्रिया) / क्रियापद
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छने/नियमे) — caus./intensive sense in Vedic ‘grant, bestow’

• चि॒त्रम्: bright, splendid
• चि॒त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• र॒यिम्: wealth, treasure
• र॒यिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• य॒शसम्: fame-bringing, glorious
• य॒शसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• धेहि: place, bestow
• धेहि: Karma (आज्ञा-क्रिया) / क्रियापद
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे/स्थापने)

• अ॒स्मे: for us / on us
• अ॒स्मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• मर्तेषु: among mortals
• मर्तेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• मानुषि: O (one) friendly to humans / O human(-kind) one
• मानुषि: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective/Noun (vocative/locative form in Vedic usage)
• Root: मानुषी (प्रातिपदिक) < मनु (descendant of Manu; human)

• श्रवस्युम्: fame-bringing / glory-seeking (gift)
• श्रवस्युम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रवस्यु (प्रातिपदिक) < श्रवस् (‘fame’) + -यु (‘seeking/bringing’)