HomeRig VedaMandala 1Sukta 124Mantra 3
Previous Mantra
Next Mantra

Rig Veda 1.124.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 124, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.124

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa
Devata: Uṣas
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

एषा दिवो दुहिता प्रत्यदर्शि ज्योतिर्वसाना समना पुरस्तात् । ऋतस्य पन्थामन्वेति साधु प्रजानतीव न दिशो मिनाति ॥

eṣā́ divó duhitā́ práty adarśi jyótir vásānā samanā́ purástāt | ṛtásya pánthām ánv eti sā́dhu prajānatī́va ná díśo mināti ||

This daughter of Heaven has appeared before us, clothed in Light, the same in her law from the beginning. She follows well the path of Ṛta; as one who knows, she does not violate the directions of the being.

एषाthis (she)
एषा:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof heaven/sky
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक: द्यौ/दिव्)
दुहिताdaughter
दुहिता:
कर्तृ (एषा … दुहिता) / विशेष्य
TypeNoun
Rootदुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिtowards, in front
प्रति:
उपसर्ग/दिशा-संबन्ध
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootप्रति
अदर्शिhas appeared/was seen
अदर्शि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
ज्योतिःlight, radiance
ज्योतिः:
कर्म (वसानायाः) / उपपद-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वसानाwearing, clothed (in)
वसाना:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Root√वस् (वस् आच्छादने) → वसान (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
समानाsame, uniform
समाना:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक: समान)
पुरस्तात्in front, in the east/before
पुरस्तात्:
अधिकरण (स्थान) / दिशाधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरस् + तात् (अव्ययीभाव)
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
पन्थाम्path, way
पन्थाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपथिन्/पन्था (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्वेतिfollows
अन्वेति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअनु + √इ (इ गतौ)
साधुstraight, rightly, well
साधु:
क्रिया-विशेषण
TypeAdjective/Adverb
Rootसाधु (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः)
प्रजानतीknowing, discerning
प्रजानती:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootप्र + √ज्ञा (ज्ञा अवबोधने) → प्रजानत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
इवas if, like
इव:
उपमान-चिह्न
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
not
:
निषेध
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दिशःdirections, quarters
दिशः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
मिनातिdiminishes, harms
मिनाति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मि (मि हिंसायाम्/क्षये; ‘to diminish, harm’)

Ask anything about this verse

Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.

Not sure where to start?

A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.

Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app

Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.

Continue reading in the Vedapath app

Open in App