Rig Veda 7.43.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 43, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.43

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (probable)

Devata: Ṛta/Devāḥ (streams of Truth; associated with Vasus as abundance-powers)

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ते सीषपन्त जोषमा यजत्रा ऋतस्य धाराः सुदुघा दुहानाः । ज्येष्ठं वो अद्य मह आ वसूनामा गन्तन समनसो यति ष्ठ ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 7.43.4

Transliteration

té sī́ṣapanta jóṣam ā́ yájatṛā ṛtásya dhā́rāḥ sudúghā dúhānāḥ | jyéṣṭhaṁ vo adyá máha ā́ vasū́nām ā́ gantana sámanaso yáti ṣṭha ||

Translation

Semoga arus-arus Ṛta (Kebenaran-Kosmik) itu melaju maju menuju sukacita, memerah limpahannya dengan kaya. Datanglah hari ini, sejiwa-sepikiran, menuju kebesaranmu yang tertinggi, menuju kepenuhan utama para Vasu.

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• ते: they (those)
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सीषपन्त: they hasten / they set in motion
• सीषपन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिषप्/√सिषप् (प्रेरणे/गमने; Vedic)

• जोषम्: delight, enjoyment, favor
• जोषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जोष (प्रातिपदिक; from √जुष् ‘to be pleased, to enjoy’)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: Upasarga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• यजत्राः: worshipful, worthy of sacrifice
• यजत्राः: Kartā (apposition to ते)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यजत्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘worthy of worship’, from √यज्)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order / truth)
• ऋतस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाराः: streams, flows
• धाराः: Kartā (apposition/subject with ते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक; from √धृ ‘to hold/flow’)

• सुदुघाः: richly yielding, well-milking
• सुदुघाः: Kartā (qualifier of धाराः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुघ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘well-milking/abundantly yielding’, from √दुह्)

• दुहानाः: milking, yielding
• दुहानाः: Kartā (qualifier of धाराः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √दुह् (दोहने) + शानच् (मध्यम/कर्तरि कृदन्त)

• ज्येष्ठम्: the greatest, the chief
• ज्येष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: Sampradāna (for you) / Sambandha (of you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: Upasarga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• वसूनाम्: of the goods/wealths
• वसूनाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither
• आ: Upasarga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• गन्तन: come! (you all)
• गन्तन: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गतौ)

• समनसः: being of one mind, unanimous
• समनसः: Kartā (qualifier of implied ‘you’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-मनस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of one mind’)

• यति: in the rite/effort; in the act of striving
• यति: Adhikaraṇa (locus/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक; from √यत् ‘to strive/hold’)

• स्थ: be (so)! / be present!
• स्थ: Kriyā (auxiliary/exhortation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु; ‘to be’) / enclitic 2nd pl. imperative/indicative in Vedic usage