Rig Veda 7.43.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 43, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.43

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (family book 7; hymn attributed to Vasiṣṭhas)

Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī (Heaven-and-Earth) with broader ritual address to the divine powers through the yajña

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र वो यज्ञेषु देवयन्तो अर्चन्द्यावा नमोभिः पृथिवी इषध्यै । येषां ब्रह्माण्यसमानि विप्रा विष्वग्वियन्ति वनिनो न शाखाः ॥

Transliteration

prá vo yajñéṣu devayánto arcann dyā́vā námobhiḥ pṛthivī́ iṣádhyai | yeṣā́m bráhmāṇy ásamāni víprā víṣvag víyanti vaníno ná śā́khāḥ ||

Translation

Vorwärts, in den Opfern, besingen euch die gottbegehrenden Seher; mit Verehrungen stärken sie Himmel und Erde zum Gewinn der antreibenden Kraft (iṣá). Ihre inspirierten Formeln (brahmā́ṇi), unvergleichlich, breiten sich nach allen Seiten aus wie Zweige eines lebendigen Baumes.

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Word by Word

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

• वः: of you; for you
• वः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for you) / संबन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• यज्ञेषु: in the sacrifices
• यज्ञेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-

• देवयन्तः: seeking the gods; godward
• देवयन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: देवयन्त् (< देवयति, denom. from देव-)

• अर्चन्: they praised, sang
• अर्चन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च्

• द्यावाः: the heavens
• द्यावाः: Kartā (co-subject with पृथिवी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्याव्/द्यौ-

• नमोभिः: with obeisances
• नमोभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्-

• पृथिवी: the Earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā (co-subject with द्यावाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी-

• इषध्यै: to seek/attain; for gaining
• इषध्यै: Prayojana (purpose)
• Type: Verb (infinitive)
• Root: इष् (इष्/इष् ‘to seek, to impel’)

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• ब्रह्माणि: sacred formulations; hymns
• ब्रह्माणि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्-

• असमानि: unequalled, matchless
• असमानि: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असमान- (a-samāna)

• विप्राः: inspired poets, seers
• विप्राः: सम्बन्ध/अधिकार (possessors/agents implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र-

• विश्वक्: in all directions, widely
• विश्वक्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्वक् (avyaya)

• वियन्ति: they extend/spread
• वियन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + य (या) ‘to go, extend’

• वनिनः: trees
• वनिनः: Kartā (simile-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनिन्-

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

• शाखाः: branches
• शाखाः: Kartā (of implied verb ‘spread’ in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाखा-