Rig Veda 1.3.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.3

Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra (attributed seer for RV 1.1–1.11; for this early Agni/All-gods sequence within RV 1.3, the family attribution remains Vaiśvāmitra in many traditions).

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (All the Gods) invited to the Soma offering.

Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 × 8 syllables; common in early Mandala 1 invocations).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ओमासश्चर्षणीधृतो विश्वे देवास आ गत । दाश्वांसो दाशुषः सुतम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.3.7

Transliteration

ómāsaś carṣaṇī-dhṛto víśve devāsa ā́ gát | dāśvā́ṃso dāśúṣaḥ sutám ||

Translation

おお、すべての神々よ、人の世の諸界を支える者たちよ、迅き満ち足りた力を携えてここに来たれ。施与して供える者のために、搾りしソーマ（Soma）は備わる——それを飲み、内なる祭を強めたまえ。

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Word by Word

• ओमासः: helpers/protectors (a class/epithet of gods)
• ओमासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओमन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √अव्/√ओ (रक्षण/सहायार्थे; वैदिक) (निरुक्तपरम्परा: ‘ओम’ = सहाय/रक्षा)

• चर्षणीधृतः: upholders/supporters of the peoples
• चर्षणीधृतः: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: चर्षणी-धृत् (समास: चर्षणी ‘मनुष्य/जन’ + धृत् ‘धारयितृ’ < √धृ ‘धारणे’)

• विश्वे: all
• विश्वे: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (सर्व) (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवासः: the gods
• देवासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither; towards (us)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• गत: come!
• गत: —
• Type: Verb (imperative)
• Root: √गम् (गत्यर्थे)

• दाश्वांसः: (you) who have given/been bountiful; beneficent
• दाश्वांसः: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: दाश्वांस् (कृदन्त; परिपूर्ण/परिपाक-भागवत्) < √दाश्/√दश् (दान/पूजन/सेवनार्थे; वैदिक)

• दाशुषः: of the worshipper/giver
• दाशुषः: सम्प्रदान (अर्थतः ‘यजमानस्य/दातुः’ सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (participial, genitive)
• Root: दाशुष् (कृदन्त) < √दाश्/√दश् (दान/पूजनार्थे; वैदिक)

• सुतम्: the pressed (Soma); the Soma-juice
• सुतम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (participle used as noun)
• Root: सुत (कृदन्त) < √सु (सोमस्य) ‘to press/extract’