Rig Veda 7.4.10: Mandala 7, Sukta 4, Mantra 10

Sukta 7.4

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)

Devata: Agni (with allied deities implied by yūyam)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एता नो अग्ने सौभगा दिदीह्यपि क्रतुं सुचेतसं वतेम । विश्वा स्तोतृभ्यो गृणते च सन्तु यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

Transliteration

etā́ no agne saúbhagā didī́hy ápi krátuṃ su-cétasaṃ vatema | víśvā stotṛ́-bhyo gṛṇaté ca santu yūyáṃ pāta svastí-bhiḥ sádā naḥ ||

Translation

Ces bonheurs, ô Agni, fais-les resplendir pour nous; puissions-nous choisir et suivre le Krátu, la volonté lucide, lumineuse dans l’intelligence. Que toutes les bénédictions soient pour le louangeur et le chantre; et vous, Puissances, gardez-nous toujours par des états de bien-être.

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Word by Word

• ए॒ताः: these
• ए॒ताः: Karma (object of दिदीहि) / viśeṣaṇa of सौभगाः
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (possessor: ‘our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• सौभगाः: good fortunes, prosperities
• सौभगाः: Karma (things to be kindled/manifested) / predicate to एताः
• Type: Noun (abstract/collective) / Adjective used substantively
• Root: सौभग (prātipadika; from सु- + भग)

• दिदीहि: shine forth / kindle
• दिदीहि: Kriyā (main verb); Kartā implied: त्वम् (Agni)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दीदिहि < √दीप्/√दी (to shine, kindle) with intensive stem दिदी-

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• क्रतुम्: resolve, will, ritual power
• क्रतुम्: Karma (object of वतेम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (prātipadika)

• सुचेतसम्: well-guided, of good insight
• सुचेतसम्: Viśeṣaṇa of Karma (क्रतुम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुचेतस् (prātipadika; सु- + चेतस्)

• वतेम: may we choose / may we seek
• वतेम: Kriyā; Kartā: वयम् (we)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते ‘to choose’) → Vedic optative ‘let us choose/seek’

• विश्वाः: all
• विश्वाः: Kartā (subject of सन्तु) / qualifier of what is to be ‘for all’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (prātipadika)

• स्तोतृभ्यः: to the praisers
• स्तोतृभ्यः: Sampradāna (for/to the praisers)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोतृ (prātipadika; agent noun from √स्तु ‘to praise’)

• गृणते: to the one who praises/sings
• गृणते: Sampradāna (to the singer/praiser)
• Type: Verb-form (Vedic) / verbal noun usage
• Root: √गॄ/√गृ (to sing, praise) → present participial/finite form used as dative sg in Vedic

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सन्तु: let there be / may they be
• सन्तु: Kriyā; Kartā: विश्वाः (all [blessings])
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (to be)

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Kartā (subject of पात)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun)

• पात: protect
• पात: Kriyā; Kartā: यूयम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (to protect)

• स्वस्तिभिः: with blessings / with welfare
• स्वस्तिभिः: Karaṇa (by/with well-beings, blessings)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (prātipadika)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (time circumstance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• नः: us
• नः: Karma (object of पात) / also can be sampradāna ‘for us’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)