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 ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 7.16.2

Transliteration

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

Translation

Yeh agni jo sab cheezon ko apne mein le leta hai, usse jodta hai. Jab havish diya jata hai, woh aage badhne lagta hai. Yagya ek aisi shakti ban jata hai jo accha kaam karta hai. Yeh sab logon ke liye dharam ka kaam karta hai aur bhagwan jaisi shakti deta hai.

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• 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)