Rig Veda 7.67.7: Mandala 7, Sukta 67, Mantra 7

Sukta 7.67

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for Maṇḍala 7)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एष स्य वां पूर्वगत्वेव सख्ये निधिर्हितो माध्वी रातो अस्मे । अहेळता मनसा यातमर्वागश्नन्ता हव्यं मानुषीषु विक्षु ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.67.7

Transliteration

eṣá sya vāṃ pū́rvagatveva sákhye ni-dhír hitó mādhvī́ rā́to asmḗ | áheḷatā mánasā yātam arvā́g aśnántā havyáṃ mā́nuṣīṣu víkṣu ||

Translation

This indeed is your ancient treasure laid down in the friendship of your first-coming: the honeyed delight you have granted to us. Come near with a mind that bears no anger, and partake of the offering among the human peoples.

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Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष

• स्य: indeed, just
• स्य: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सि (निपात; वैदिक) / अस्-धातोः (सम्भाव्य) अव्यय-प्रयोग

• वाम्: of you two / for you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम) → वाम्

• पूर्वगत्वा: going before, leading
• पूर्वगत्वा: —
• Type: Kṛdanta (Gerund used adjectivally)
• Root: पूर्व- (उपसर्ग/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + गम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वा) ; समास-प्रयोग

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सख्ये: in friendship
• सख्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• निधिः: treasure, deposit
• निधिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि-धि (प्रातिपदिक) / धा-धातोः निष्पन्नः

• हितः: placed, set
• हितः: —
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: धा (धातु) → हित (क्त) / ‘placed’

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• माध्वी: honey-sweet, mead-like
• माध्वी: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माध्वी (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; मधु-सम्बन्धि)

• रातः: given, bestowed
• रातः: —
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: रा (धातु ‘to give’) → रात (क्त) / ‘given’

• अस्मे: to us
• अस्मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम) → अस्मे

• अहेळतया: without anger, unwrathfully
• अहेळतया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (instrumental used adverbially)
• Root: हेळ (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक ‘wrath/anger’) + अ- (निषेध) → अहेळतया

• मनसा: with (your) mind, in intention
• मनसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• यातम्: come! (you two)
• यातम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु ‘to go’)

• अर्वाक्: hither, towards us
• अर्वाक्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अर्वाक्

• अश्नन्ता: eating, partaking (you two)
• अश्नन्ता: Kartā
• Type: Participle (present active)
• Root: अश् (धातु ‘to eat/consume’) → अश्नन्त (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• हव्यम्: the oblation
• हव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• मानुषीषु: among the human (women/people)
• मानुषीषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मानुषी (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक ‘human’)

• विक्षु: in the clans, settlements
• विक्षु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक ‘clan, settlement’) → विक्षु