Rig Veda 7.17.5 — Mandala 7, Sukta 17, Mantra 5

Sukta 7.17

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Mandala 7 attribution; hymn-level rishi not provided in input)

Devata: Agni (pracetās)

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; not specified in input)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वंस्व विश्वा वार्याणि प्रचेतः सत्या भवन्त्वाशिषो नो अद्य ॥

Transliteration

vaṃsva víśvā vā́ryāṇi pracetaḥ satyā́ bhavantv āśíṣo no adyá ||

Translation

Gewinne uns alle begehrenswerten Güter, o Weitblickender, Lichtvoller; wahr mögen heute unsere Segenswünsche werden.

Word by Word

• वंस्व: be favorable / grant (us)
• वंस्व: (predicate verb; addressed to the देवता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (वसति/वस्ते) ‘to dwell, abide; (Vedic) to be favorable/benefit’

• विश्वा: all
• विश्वा: Karma (with वंस्व)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (sarvanāma-adjective stem) ‘all’

• वार्याणि: desirable boons / excellent gifts
• वार्याणि: Karma (object of वंस्व)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्य (from √वृ/√वर ‘to choose, desire’; ‘choice, desirable, excellent things’)

• प्रचेतः: O wise one / O foreknower
• प्रचेतः: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative used as epithet)
• Root: प्र-चेतस् (prātipadika) ‘foreknowing, wise, of clear insight’

• सत्या: true / effective
• सत्या: Kartā (with भवन्तु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (adj.) ‘true, real, effective’

• भवन्तु: let (them) be / may (they) become
• भवन्तु: (predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू ‘to be, become’

• आशिषः: blessings / wishes
• आशिषः: Kartā (of भवन्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशिष् (f.) ‘wish, blessing, benediction’

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary) / Śeṣa (possessor) depending on construal
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (enclitic pronoun)

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (kāla)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (indeclinable) ‘today, now’