Rig Veda 3.8.7: Mandala 3, Sukta 8, Mantra 7
Sukta 3.8
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for RV 3.8)
Devata: Vanaspati / ritual implements as carriers of divine efficacy (instrumental devatā-sense)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence is possible here; exact meter needs verification against pada count and accentual scansion
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ये वृक्णासो अधि क्षमि निमितासो यतस्रुचः । ते नो व्यन्तु वार्यं देवत्रा क्षेत्रसाधसः ॥
Transliteration
yé vṛkṇā́so ádhi kṣámi nímitāso yatásrucaḥ | té no vyantu vā́ryaṃ devatrā́ kṣetrasā́dhasaḥ ||
Translation
Those that are cut and set upon the earth, with ladles held in right control—may they win for us the choicest plenitude, in the godward way, they who accomplish the field (the ordered ground of works).
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वृक्णासःcut off / hewn (down)
वृक्णासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootवृक्ण (PPP of √व्रश्/√वृश् ‘to cut, hew’)
अधिupon, over
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअधि
क्षमिon the earth / on the ground
क्षमि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootक्षम् (स्त्री. ‘earth, ground’)
निमितासःmeasured out, laid out, fixed
निमितासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootनि-√मा (to measure out, set, fix) → निमित (PPP)
यतस्रुचःhaving extended ladles / with outstretched ladles
यतस्रुचः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootयत-स्रुच् (compound: यत ‘stretched/extended’ + स्रुच् ‘ladle’)
तेthey
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
व्यन्तुlet them waft/bring (to us)
व्यन्तु:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√अन् (to breathe, blow; to waft) / Vedic: ‘to pervade, bring’
वार्यम्the desirable (boon/wealth)
वार्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवार्य (from वरी/√वृ ‘to choose’ → ‘choice, desirable’; also ‘water/wealth’ in Vedic usage)
देवत्राamong/with the gods; in a divine way
देवत्रा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (adverb)
Rootदेवत्रा
क्षेत्रसाधसःfield-accomplishers; those who make the field succeed/prosper
क्षेत्रसाधसः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootक्षेत्र-साधस् (tatpuruṣa: क्षेत्र ‘field’ + साधस् ‘accomplishing, effecting’)
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