Rig Veda 7.97.8: Mandala 7, Sukta 97, Mantra 8

Sukta 7.97

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Bṛhaspati (with Rodasī as supporting cosmic powers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

देवी देवस्य रोदसी जनित्री बृहस्पतिं वावृधतुर्महित्वा । दक्षाय्याय दक्षता सखायः करद्ब्रह्मणे सुतरा सुगाधा ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 7.97.8

Transliteration

devī́ devásya ródasī́ janítrī bṛ́haspátiṃ vāvṛdhatur mahitvā́ | dakṣā́yyāya dakṣatā sakhāyaḥ kárad bráhmaṇe sutárā sugā́dhā ||

Translation

Dharti aur aasmaan, yeh dono deviyan hain. Inhone Brihaspati ko bada banaya apni taakat se. Dosto, kaam mein samajhdaar bano. Brahman ke liye aisa raasta banao jo saaf ho aur aasan ho.

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Word by Word

• देवी: the two goddesses
• देवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी- (प्रातिपदिक; देव- ‘divine’ से स्त्री)

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-

• रोदसी: Heaven-and-Earth (the two worlds)
• रोदसी: Kartā (apposition to देवी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी- (द्वन्द्व/द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; द्यावा-पृथिवी ‘heaven and earth’)

• जनित्री: the two begetters/mothers
• जनित्री: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनितृ- (√जन् ‘to beget’ से कृत्; जनित्री- स्त्री)

• बृहस्पतिम्: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति-

• वावृधतुः: they have strengthened / made grow
• वावृधतुः: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (वर्धते) ‘to grow, strengthen’

• महित्वा: by greatness, through majesty
• महित्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: महित्व- (मह् ‘great’ से भाव)

• दक्षाय्याय: for the capable/skillful one
• दक्षाय्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दक्षाय्य- (दक्ष- ‘skill/strength’ से व्युत्पन्न विशेषण/नाम)

• दक्षत: let him be capable / let him succeed
• दक्षत: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दक्ष् ‘to be strong/able; to accomplish’

• सखायः: the comrades/allies
• सखायः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि-

• करत्: let him make / let him do
• करत्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ ‘to do, make’

• ब्रह्मणे: for the sacred formulation/prayer
• ब्रह्मणे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्-

• सुतरा: very well, most effectively
• सुतरा: (क्रियाविशेषण) —
• Type: Adverb/Indeclinable
• Root: सु-तरा (सु- उपसर्ग + तर ‘crossing’/तॄ-भाव; अव्ययीभाव-प्राय)

• सुगाधा: easy to ford; providing good footing
• सुगाधा: (predicate/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-गाधा (गाधा- ‘ford, firm footing’)