Rig Veda 7.34.1 — Mandala 7, Sukta 34, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.34

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭhas)

Devata: Manīṣā (inspired thought) as a goddess-power; implicitly Sarasvatī/Vāc complex

Chandas: Gāyatrī-like short verse (but exact meter uncertain from single pāda input; traditionally RV 7.34 is in Triṣṭubh/Jagatī mix—needs full hymn for confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र शुक्रैतु देवी मनीषा अस्मत्सुतष्टो रथो न वाजी ॥

Transliteration

prá śukrā́ etu devī́ manīṣā́ asmát su-táṣṭo rátho na vājī́ ||

Translation

Von uns ziehe aus die leuchtende Göttin — die inspirierte Einsicht (manīṣā) — wie ein wohlgefügter Wagen, wie ein Kraftträger (vājin).

Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• शु॒क्रा: bright, radiant
• शु॒क्रा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शु॒क्र (prātipadika)

• एतु: let (her/it) come, may (she) go
• एतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• दे॒वी: the goddess
• दे॒वी: Kartā (apposition to शु॒क्रा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दे॒वी (prātipadika < देव)

• म॑नी॒षा: inspired thought, insight
• म॑नी॒षा: Kartā (apposition: the inspired thought)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनी॒षा (prātipadika)

• अ॒स्मत्: of us, our
• अ॒स्मत्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अ॒स्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• सु॒त॑ष्टः: well-fashioned
• सु॒त॑ष्टः: Kartā (apposition to रथः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-तष्ट (PPP; √तक्ष् ‘to fashion, carve’)

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: Kartā (subject of implied comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (prātipadika)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (indeclinable)

• वा॒जी: prize-winner; swift steed
• वा॒जी: Kartā (in comparison: ‘like a vājī’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वाजिन् (prātipadika)