Rig Veda 5.79.8: Mandala 5, Sukta 79, Mantra 8
Sukta 5.79
उत नो गोमतीरिष आ वहा दुहितर्दिवः । साकं सूर्यस्य रश्मिभिः शुक्रैः शोचद्भिरर्चिभिः सुजाते अश्वसूनृते ॥
utá no gómātīr íṣa ā́ vahā duhitar divaḥ | sākáṃ sū́ryasya raśmíbhiḥ śukráiḥ śócadbhir arcíbhiḥ sujāte aśvasūnṛte ||
اے آسمان کی بیٹی، سورج کی کرنوں کے ساتھ ہمارے لیے روشنی سے بھرپور طاقتیں لے، روشن اور اپنی شعاؤں سے جلتی ہوئی، اے اچھی پیدا ہونے والی، تیز رفتاری اور خوشخبری لانے والی۔
Morning invocation for iṣ (impulsions) and solar rays; supports clarity and energization of works
iṣ (divine impulsion), illumination as directed force (raśmi)
Impulses become ṛta-aligned when guided by Sūrya’s beams—right direction rather than scattered desire.
Śukra rays indicate truth-light; burning flames indicate removal of falsehood.
From heaven to earth: descent of illumination into life-energy (iṣ).
Integral/psychological: transformation of prāṇa by higher knowledge.
dawn
Beams = directive insight; flames = purifying tapas; gomatī iṣ = energized aspiration rich in illuminations.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- Dawn arrives ‘together with’ the Sun’s beams: the two-stage illumination (first Uṣas, then Sūrya) becomes a single coordinated action. Innerly, awakening (Uṣas) must be completed by full truth-vision (Sūrya) and its directed rays.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- sū́rya continues the Indo-European solar lexicon (though etymology is complex). √arc ‘shine’ has parallels in IE brightness vocabulary; raśmí as ‘rein/beam’ shows the metaphor of light as something held and directed.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi asks not merely for light but for ‘iṣ’—effective impulsion—arriving with solar precision. The devatā is thus invoked as a transformer of illumination into executable energy in the being.
Invite ‘gomatī iṣ’: let impulses arise only after a beam of clarity touches them.
Maṇipūra (impulse/drive) refined by Ājñā (clarity)
Sūrya-bhedana (gentle, if suitable) 7 cycles, then normal breath; chant softly to ‘cool’ the fire into clarity.
Bright, purified, forward-moving.
Before acting, pause: ‘Is this impulse gomatī—rich in light?’ If not, wait for the ray; let the burning flame remove the mixed motive.
Rigvedic accents; give brightness to ‘गोमतीः’ and ‘शुक्रैः’; keep ‘शोचद्भिरर्चिभिः’ crisp to evoke flame.
Sustain ‘ ’ as a linking phrase; then articulate the descriptive triad: raśmibhiḥ / śukraiḥ / śocadbhir arcibhiḥ.
: long īḥ at end; ‘go-ma-tīḥ’., : ‘du-hi-tar di-vaḥ’ (light dental t)., : ‘raś-mi-bhiḥ’ with ś., : ‘ar-ci-bhiḥ’ (not ‘archi’ with English ‘ch’).
Bright and pure, slightly sharpened articulation; not harsh.
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