Rig Veda 7.37.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 37, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.37

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for Maṇḍala 7)

Devata: Ṛbhus / Vājas / Ṛbhukṣaṇas (as addressed); Soma context prominent

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ वो वाहिष्ठो वहतु स्तवध्यै रथो वाजा ऋभुक्षणो अमृक्तः । अभि त्रिपृष्ठैः सवनेषु सोमैर्मदे सुशिप्रा महभिः पृणध्वम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.37.1

Transliteration

ā́ vo vā́hiṣṭho vahatu stavádhyai rátho vājā ṛbhukṣaṇo amṛ́ktaḥ | abhí trí-pṛṣṭhaiḥ sávaneṣu sómaiḥ máde su-śiprā maha-bhíḥ pṛṇadhvam ||

Translation

Es bringe euch her der besttragende Wagen zum Preisgesang — o Vājas, o Ṛbhukṣaṇas, die Unfehlbaren. Mit den dreirückigen Soma-Tränken in den Pressungen, in eurer Wonne, o Schönlippige, sättigt euch an den großen Mächten.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• वः: to you (pl.)
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun)

• वाहिष्ठः: best at conveying/bringing
• वाहिष्ठः: Kartā (with रथः) / predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाहिṣṭha- (superlative adj. from √वह् ‘to carry/drive’)

• वहतु: let (it) carry/bring
• वहतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहति)

• स्तवध्यै: for praise; to be praised / for praising
• स्तवध्यै: Prayojana (purpose)
• Type: Verbal noun
• Root: स्तवध्य- (gerundive/infinitival dative from √स्तु ‘to praise’)

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ-

• वाजाः: O prize-winners / powers of victory
• वाजाः: Sambodhana / apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज-

• ऋभुक्षणः: R̥bhukṣaṇa (name/epithet)
• ऋभुक्षणः: Kartā (apposition to रथः/वाहिष्ठः) / संबोधन-भाव
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: ऋभुक्षण- (epithet; prātipadika)

• अमृक्तः: unharmed; unblemished
• अमृक्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (of रथः/ऋभुक्षणः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-मृक्त- (neg. adj.; from √मृज्/मृक् ‘to wipe off, harm’ → ‘unharmed/undefiled’)

• अभि: towards; upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• त्रिपृष्ठैः: with the three-backed (seats/pressings)
• त्रिपृष्ठैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: त्रि-पृष्ठ-

• सवनेषु: in the pressings (Soma-pressings)
• सवनेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन-

• सोमैः: with Soma (draughts)
• सोमैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-

• मदे: in exhilaration; in intoxication
• मदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद-

• सुशिप्रा: O fair-lipped (you two)
• सुशिप्रा: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative)
• Root: सु-शिप्र- (bahuvrīhi adj.; ‘having good cheek-jaws/lips’)

• महभिः: with great (powers/helps)
• महभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: मह- (adj. ‘great’) used substantively

• पृणध्वम्: fill yourselves; be satisfied; fill (us)
• पृणध्वम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ (पृणाति ‘to fill, satisfy’)