Rig Veda 7.16.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 16, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.16

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha family, Mandala 7)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 7.16; verse-level meter not exhaustively verified here)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स योजते अरुषा विश्वभोजसा स दुद्रवत्स्वाहुतः । सुब्रह्मा यज्ञः सुशमी वसूनां देवं राधो जनानाम् ॥

Transliteration

sa yójate aruṣā viśvábhōjasā sá dudrávat svā́hutaḥ | subráhmā yajñáḥ suśámī vásūnāṃ deváṃ rā́dho jánānām ||

Translation

Aquel que unce las potencias rojizas que gozan de todo, — él, bien ofrecido (svāhuta), corre hacia delante. El sacrificio es bien formulado en el brahman (su-brahmā), apaciguamiento (su-śamī) de las riquezas, don divino (rādhas) para los pueblos.

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Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• योजते: yokes / harnesses (himself)
• योजते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (योजने)

• अरुषाः: the ruddy ones (reddish horses/flames)
• अरुषाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun
• Root: अरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वभोजसाः: all-nourishing / having all sustenance
• विश्वभोजसाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa usage)
• Root: विश्व-भोजस् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दुद्रवत्: ran forth / sped
• दुद्रवत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (गत्यर्थे)

• स्वाहुतः: well-invoked / well-offered (with oblations)
• स्वाहुतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective / Past participle
• Root: सु-आहुत (कृदन्त; √हु ‘to offer/sacrifice’ with उपसर्ग सु-)

• सुब्रह्मा: having good sacred formulation / good priestly power
• सुब्रह्मा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun
• Root: सु-ब्रह्मन् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञः: the sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुशमी: very gracious / most kindly
• सुशमी: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-शमी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good/beneficent, bringing peace’)

• वसूनाम्: of the goods / riches
• वसूनाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• राधः: bounty / gift
• राधः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जनानाम्: of the peoples
• जनानाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)