Rig Veda 7.70.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 70, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.70

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

चनिष्टं देवा ओषधीष्वप्सु यद्योग्या अश्नवैथे ऋषीणाम् । पुरूणि रत्ना दधतौ न्यस्मे अनु पूर्वाणि चख्यथुर्युगानि ॥

Transliteration

caniṣṭáṃ devā́ óṣadhīṣv apsú yád yogyā́ aśnávaithé ṛ́ṣīṇām | purū́ṇi rátnā dádhatau ny àsmé ánu pū́rvāṇi cakhyathur yugā́ni ||

Translation

Paling dekat, wahai para dewa, di dalam tumbuhan dan di dalam air kalian meraih hal-hal yang layak dimenangkan oleh para ṛṣi. Banyak ratna (harta anugerah) kalian tempatkan ke dalam diri kami, dan kalian membuat kami melihat berurutan yuga-yuga terdahulu—agar kerja-kerja purba menjadi pengetahuan bagi perjalanan kini.

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Word by Word

• च॒नि॒ष्टम्: the least (smallest), a very small (portion)
• च॒नि॒ष्टम्: कर्म (with implied ‘you two obtained/placed’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चनिṣṭa- (superl. of cani-/cana- ‘small, little’ > ‘least/very small’; Vedic form)

• दे॑वाः: O gods
• दे॑वाः: सम्बोधन/कर्तृ (addressed: ‘O gods’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-

• ओष॑धीषु: in the plants (herbs)
• ओष॑धीषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि-

• अ॒प्सु: in the waters
• अ॒प्सु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्- (water)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: सम्बन्ध (relative connector)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्-

• योग्याः: fit, capable, apt
• योग्याः: कर्तृ (of अश्नवैथे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग्य- (from √युज् ‘to yoke, join’)

• अ॒श्नवै॑थे: you two have attained/obtained
• अ॒श्नवै॑थे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नोति ‘to attain, obtain, partake’)

• ऋषी॑णाम्: of the seers
• ऋषी॑णाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि-

• पु॒रूणि॒: many, numerous
• पु॒रूणि॒: कर्म (with दधतौ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु-

• रत्ना॒: treasures, gifts
• रत्ना॒: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न-

• दध॑तौ: you two place/bestow
• दध॑तौ: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (दधाति ‘to place, bestow’)

• नि: down, into; firmly
• नि: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि

• अ॒स्मे: to/for us
• अ॒स्मे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्-

• अनु: after, according to
• अनु: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• पूर्वा॑णि: former, earlier
• पूर्वा॑णि: कर्म (with चख्यथुः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व-

• चख्यथुः: you two have shown/made known
• चख्यथुः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ख्या (चख्यौ/चख्यथुः ‘to perceive, make known, point out’)

• यु॒गानि॑: ages, yokes; generations
• यु॒गानि॑: कर्म (apposition to ‘former’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग-