Mantra 6

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हिरण्यवर्णे सुभगे सूर्यवर्णे वपुष्टमे । रुतं गछासि निष्कृते निष्कृतिर्नाम वा असि

IAST Transliteration

híraṇya-varṇe súbhage sū́rya-varṇe vápuṣṭame | ṛtáṃ gáchāsi níṣkṛte níṣkṛtir nā́ma vā́ ási ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O golden-hued, gracious, sun-hued, most excellent in form—thou goest unto ṛta, O Niṣkṛti: ‘Release’ indeed is thy name.

Translation

金色光辉者，吉祥美善者，具日轮之色者，形貌最胜者——你趋赴ṛta（正法、宇宙秩序）。噢尼ṣkṛti（Niṣkṛti），你确以“解脱／释放”为名。

Word by Word

• हिरण्यवर्णे: O golden-coloured one
• हिरण्यवर्णे: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: हिरण्य-वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुभगे: O fortunate/auspicious one
• सुभगे: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: सु-भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यवर्णे: O sun-coloured one
• सूर्यवर्णे: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: सूर्य-वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• वपुष्टमे: O most beautiful/loveliest in form
• वपुष्टमे: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: वपुष् (प्रातिपदिक) + तम (तमप्-प्रत्यय, superlative)

• ऋतं: the right order / truth
• ऋतं: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• गच्छासि: you go / you proceed
• गच्छासि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• निष्कृते: O deliverance/release (personified)
• निष्कृते: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: निष्कृति (प्रातिपदिक)

• निष्कृतिः: deliverance/release
• निष्कृतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्कृति (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाम: by name / named
• नाम: (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable (quotative/‘by name’)
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) / अव्यय-रूप

• वै: indeed
• वै: (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable particle
• Root: वै (निपात)

• असि: you are
• असि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable)

Devata: Niṣkṛti (Release/Expiation), luminous protective form

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm by metrical index)

Mantra Rasa

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