Mantra 7

Sukta 97

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वषड् ढुतेभ्यो वषडहुतेभ्यः । देवा गातुविदो गातुं वित्त्वा गातुमित

IAST Transliteration

váṣaṭ dhutébhyo váṣaḍ áhutebhyaḥ | devā́ gātuvído gātúṃ vittvā́ gātúm ít

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Vaṣaṭ to them that are duly impelled; vaṣaṭ to them that are yet unoffered. The Gods, knowers of the path, having found the path—yea, the path indeed.

Word by Word

• वषट्: ‘vaṣaṭ!’ (ritual exclamation)
• वषट्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वषट् (निपात/उद्गार)

• ढुतेभ्यः: to/for the invoked (shaken/roused) ones
• ढुतेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ढुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ढु/धू ‘कम्पने/धूनने’)

• वषट्: ‘vaṣaṭ!’
• वषट्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वषट् (निपात/उद्गार)

• अहुतेभ्यः: to/for the unoffered / not yet invoked ones
• अहुतेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; a- + √हु ‘होमने/आह्वाने’)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• गातुविदः: knowers of the path/way
• गातुविदः: Kartā (देवाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गातुविद् (समास-प्रातिपदिक: गातु + विद् ‘जानाति’)

• गातुम्: the path, the way
• गातुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गातु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वित्त्वा: having known
• वित्त्वा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (जानने) → क्त्वान्त

• गातुम्: the path
• गातुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गातु (प्रातिपदिक)

• इत: indeed; just; verily
• इत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्/इत (निपात; वैदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgiras-type attribution (exact r̥ṣi for this isolated verse requires hymn colophon consultation).

Devata: Devas as gātuvídaḥ (collective gods as guides of the ritual path).

Chandas: Mixed/irregular; likely prose-like yajus-style cadence within AV liturgical material.

Mantra Rasa

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