Rig Veda 7.35.13: Mandala 7, Sukta 35, Mantra 13

Sukta 7.35

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Śānti through liminal/occult deities (Aja-Ekapād, Ahi Budhnya, Apām Napāt) and cosmic matrix (Pṛśni)

Chandas: Jagatī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शं नो अज एकपाद्देवो अस्तु शं नोऽहिर्बुध्न्यः शं समुद्रः । शं नो अपां नपात्पेरुरस्तु शं नः पृश्निर्भवतु देवगोपा ॥

Transliteration

śáṃ no ajá éka-pād devó astu śáṃ no áhīr budhnyàḥ śáṃ samudráḥ | śáṃ no apā́ṃ nápāt pérur astu śáṃ naḥ pṛ́śnir bhavatu deva-gópā ||

Translation

Heil uns: der Gott Aja‑Ekapād sei Heil; Heil uns: Ahi Budhnya sei Heil; Heil: der Ozean, die Weite, sei Heil. Heil uns: Apām Napāt, der Glänzende, sei Heil; Heil uns: Pṛśni sei Heil, die göttliche Hüterin.

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Word by Word

• शम्: auspiciously; for welfare
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक ‘शम्’)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अजः: Aja (the deity ‘Unborn’/Aja)
• अजः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकपात्: Ekapād (One-footed deity)
• एकपात्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकपाद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: may (he) be
• अस्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (असँ)

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम्

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अहिः: Ahi (serpent-deity)
• अहिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहि (प्रातिपदिक)

• बुध्न्यः: of the deep; of the bottom (epithet: Budhnya)
• बुध्न्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used as epithet)
• Root: बुध्न्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बुध्न’ + य)

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम्

• समुद्रः: the ocean; the sea
• समुद्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम्

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुवचन-तन्तु)

• नपात्: offspring/son (deity: Apāṃ Napāt)
• नपात्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नपात् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पेरुः: Peru (a divine epithet/name)
• पेरुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पेरु (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक नाम/विशेषण)

• अस्तु: may (he) be
• अस्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (असँ)

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम्

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• पृश्निः: Pṛśni (the speckled cow; divine mother)
• पृश्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृश्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवतु: may (she) become; may (she) be
• भवतु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (भू)

• देवगोपा: guarded/protected by the gods
• देवगोपा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: देवगोपा (प्रातिपदिक; देव + गोपा)