Rig Veda 7.1.6: Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Mantra 6

Sukta 7.1

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Agni (with attendant powers: Night/Dawn; Aramati)

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; verify in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उप यमेति युवतिः सुदक्षं दोषा वस्तोर्हविष्मती घृताची । उप स्वैनमरमतिर्वसूयुः ॥

Transliteration

úpa yám eti yuvatíḥ su-dákṣaṃ doṣā́ vástoḥ havíṣmatī ghṛtā́cī | úpa svā́ enam arámatir vasūyúḥ ||

Translation

彼に近づくは若き花嫁――夜と曙――供物を携え、酥油のごとく甘く流れ、巧みなる者に寄り添う。さらに彼に近づくはアラマティ（Aramati）、われら自身の霊の富を求むる志。

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Word by Word

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यम्: whom/which (him)
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एति: goes, approaches
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• युवतिः: the young woman
• युवतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: युवति (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुदक्षम्: very capable, well-skilled
• सुदक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• दोषा: Night
• दोषा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोषा (प्रातिपदिक)

• वस्तोः: of Dawn / of daybreak
• वस्तोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्तु/वस्तु (वस्तु ‘daybreak/dawn’ as Vedic noun; prātipadika: वस्तु/वस्तु-)

• हविष्मती: possessing oblation (havis)
• हविष्मती: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हविष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• घृताची: with ghee as her garment/covering; ghee-clad
• घृताची: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृताची (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्वेनम्: with/by her own (power/means)
• स्वेनम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अरमतिः: Aramati (personified devotion/zeal), readiness
• अरमतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरमति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसूयुः: desiring wealth/goods
• वसूयुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसूयु (प्रातिपदिक)