Rig Veda 3.4.7: Mandala 3, Sukta 4, Mantra 7
Sukta 3.4
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)
Devata: Agni/ritual priestly powers; emphasis on divine Hotṛs and ṛta-guardians
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा न्यृञ्जे सप्त पृक्षासः स्वधया मदन्ति । ऋतं शंसन्त ऋतमित्त आहुरनु व्रतं व्रतपा दीध्यानाः ॥
Transliteration
daivyā́ hótārā prathamā́ ny ṛ́ñje saptá pṛkṣā́saḥ svadháyā madanti | ṛtáṃ śáṃsanta ṛtám ít tá āhuḥ ánu vratáṃ vrata-pā́ dīdhyā́nāḥ ||
Translation
神なるホートリ（Hotṛ）の祭司たちは、まず先に座に就く。七人の強き者たちは、自らの本有の法（svadhā）により歓喜する。ṛta（宇宙の正序）を讃え告げ、まさしくṛtaを語る。誓戒（vrata）を守護する誓戒の守り手（vratapa）として、誓いに従い、希求のうちに燃え輝く。
Word by Word
दैव्यौthe two divine (ones)
दैव्यौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootदैव्य- (< देव-)
होतारौthe two Hotṛ-priests / invokers
होतारौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ- (√हु ‘to sacrifice/offer’)
प्रथमौfirst, foremost (two)
प्रथमौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम-
निdown, in; (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि
ऋञ्जेis set in place / is adorned (for service)
ऋञ्जे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√ऋञ्ज् (ऋञ्जति) ‘to arrange/fit; to anoint/adorn’
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Kartā
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्तन्-
पृक्षासःthe seven refreshing mixtures/draughts
पृक्षासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपृक्षा- (RV; ‘mixing/refreshing draughts’, esp. soma-mixtures)
स्वधयाby/with svadhā (their own power/ritual nourishment)
स्वधया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधा-
मदन्तिthey rejoice / are exhilarated
मदन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√मद् ‘to be exhilarated/intoxicated’
ऋतम्ṛta (truth/cosmic order)
ऋतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऋत-
शंसन्तthey proclaim/praise
शंसन्त:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√शंस् ‘to praise/proclaim’
ऋतम्ṛta
ऋतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऋत-
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
आहुःthey have said / they say
आहुः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√अह्/√ब्रू (Vedic: √अह् ‘to say’)
अनुalong, according to
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु
व्रतम्the ordinance/vow (fixed rule)
व्रतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत-
व्रतपाःguardians of the ordinance
व्रतपाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootव्रतपा- (व्रत + पा- ‘protector’, from √पा ‘to protect’)
दीध्यानाःmeditating, intent (upon it)
दीध्यानाः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√धी (intensive/desiderative sense ‘to think/meditate’); participle stem दीध्यान-
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