Rig Veda 7.36.3 - Mandala 7, Sukta 36, Mantra 3

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Rig Veda 7.36.3: Mandala 7, Sukta 36, Mantra 3

Sukta 7.36

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for Maṇḍala 7)

Devata: Mitrāvaruṇā (hymn context; this verse uses symbolic-natural imagery in their praise)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ वातस्य ध्रजतो रन्त इत्या अपीपयन्त धेनवो न सूदाः । महो दिवः सदने जायमानोऽचिक्रदद्वृषभः सस्मिन्नूधन् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 7.36.3

Transliteration

ā́ vā́tasya dhrajáto rante ityā́ḥ apī́payanta dhenávo ná sū́dāḥ | mahó diváḥ sádane jā́yamāno 'cíkṛdad vṛṣabháḥ sasmínn ū́dhan ||

Translation

हवा के झंडे की तरफ सब खुशी से जा रहे हैं। यह शक्तियाँ दूध देती हैं जैसे गायें, भरी हुई। आसमान के बड़े स्थान में पैदा होके, बैल की आवाज़ निकली। वो दूध निकाल रहा है जो रोशनी और पोषण देता है।

Word by Word

आtowards; unto

वातस्यof the wind

ध्रजतःof the banner/streamer (i.e., the wind’s ‘banner’)

रन्तेthey rejoice / take delight

इतिthus

आtowards; forth

अपीपयन्तthey caused to swell / they filled

धेनवःthe milch-cows

नlike

सूदाḥpressers/servers (ritual attendants); (here) as ‘good milkers/pressers’

महोof the great

दिवःof heaven/sky

सदनेin the seat/dwelling

जायमानःbeing born; coming into being

अचिक्रदत्he cried out / roared

वृषभःthe bull (strong one)

सस्मिन्in that (place/one)

ऊधन्in the udder (source of milk/abundance)

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