Rig Veda 1.151.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 151, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.151

Rishi: Māmateya (traditional attribution for this hymn-group)

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (dual)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यो वां यज्ञैः शशमानो ह दाशति कविर्होता यजति मन्मसाधनः । उपाह तं गच्छथो वीथो अध्वरमच्छा गिरः सुमतिं गन्तमस्मयू ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.151.7

Transliteration

yó vā́ṃ yajñáiḥ śaśamānáḥ ha dā́śati kavír hótā yájati manmá-sā́dhanaḥ | upā́ha táṃ gácchatho vīthó adhvarám ácchā gíraḥ su-matíṃ gantam asmayū́ ||

Translation

مَن كانَ منكم، يشتدُّ بقوّةٍ عبرَ اليَجْنَا (yajña) فيُعطيكما—فهو الكَفِيّ (kavi) والهوتر (hotar)، يُقيم القُربانَ كمن يُنجزُ الكلمةَ الباطنة. إليه حقًّا تذهبان؛ تعاليا إلى مسيرِ الشعيرة، إلى الأناشيد—واصلا إلينا بحُسنِ نِيّةٍ مُضيءٍ، نحنُ طالبيكما.

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• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: you two / of you two
• वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञैः: with sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• शशमानः: striving, exerting himself
• शशमानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: शम् (धातु; ‘शमयति/शाम्यति’ → ‘to toil/strive, be intent’), शशमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• दाशति: gives, offers
• दाशति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दाश् (धातु; ‘to give, offer’)

• कविः: the sage/poet
• कविः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• होता: the Hotṛ-priest
• होता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यजति: worships, sacrifices
• यजति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु; ‘to worship, sacrifice’)

• मन्मसाधनः: accomplishing (the rite) by hymns/thought
• मन्मसाधनः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: मन्मन् (मनस्/मन्मन् ‘thought, hymn’) + साधन (प्रातिपदिक; from √साध् ‘to accomplish’)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• आ: hither, to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गच्छथः: you two go
• गच्छथः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु; ‘to go’)

• वीथः: (on) the course/way
• वीथः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीथ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘course/track, way, procession’)

• अध्वरम्: the sacrifice (rite)
• अध्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अच्छा: towards
• अच्छा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छा (अव्यय)

• गिरः: songs, hymns
• गिरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुमतिम्: good thought/favor
• सुमतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमति (प्रातिपदिक)

• गन्तम्: come! / go!
• गन्तम्: —
• Type: Participle (imperatival)
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गन्तृ/गन्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मयू: you two who are kindly to us
• अस्मयू: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मयु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘friendly to us, our well-wisher’)