Rig Veda 7.3.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 3, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.3

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वि यस्य ते पृथिव्यां पाजो अश्रेत्तृषु यदन्ना समवृक्त जम्भैः । सेनेव सृष्टा प्रसितिष्ट एति यवं न दस्म जुह्वा विवेक्षि ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 7.3.4

Transliteration

ví yasya te pṛthivyā́m pā́jo áśret tṛṣú yád ánnā sam-avṛ́kta jámbhaiḥ | sénāiva sṛṣṭā́ pra-sítis ta étí yávam na dasma júhvā vivekṣi ||

Translation

Agni ki taqat poori zameen par phaili hai. Woh apne munh se sookhi jagah ka khaana saaf kar deta hai. Woh aage badhta hai jaise koi sena chhooti hai. Woh daana alag kar leta hai jo aag mein daalna hai. Achha kharab ko alag kar deta hai.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, forth (intensifier/preverb)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (sarvanāma)

• पृथिव्याम्: on/in the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (prātipadika)

• पाजः: radiance, might, splendor
• पाजः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाजस् (prātipadika)

• अश्रेत्: has rested/leaned, has come to abide
• अश्रेत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (धातु) / Vedic aorist stem

• त्रिषु: in the three (places/realms)
• त्रिषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: त्रि (numeral)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: (links clause)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative)

• अन्नाः: foods, nourishments
• अन्नाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (prātipadika)

• सम्: together, wholly
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (upasarga)

• अवृक्त: cut off/cleft/stripped away (Vedic: ‘severed’)
• अवृक्त: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: वृज्/वृञ्ज् (धातु) → kṛdanta ‘वृक्त’ with preverb अव-

• जम्भैः: with jaws/teeth (i.e., biting powers)
• जम्भैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्भ (prātipadika)

• सेना: an army
• सेना: Kartā (upamāna in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (prātipadika)

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

• सृष्टा: released, let loose, sent forth
• सृष्टा: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: सृज् (धातु) → सृष्ट (PPP)

• प्रसितिष्टः: the impeller/advancer; one set forward
• प्रसितिष्टः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्र-√सि/सि (धातु) + तिष्ठ (from √स्था) (Vedic compound)

• एति: goes, advances
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• यवम्: barley
• यवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (prātipadika)

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

• दस्म: O wondrous/skillful one
• दस्म: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: दस्म (prātipadika)

• जुह्वा: with the ladle (sacrificial spoon)
• जुह्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जुहू (prātipadika)

• विवेक्षि: you wish to enter/approach; you seek to reach
• विवेक्षि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√विच्/विविक्ष् (desiderative of √विच्/√विज् in Vedic usage)