Rig Veda 7.13.3: Mandala 7, Sukta 13, Mantra 3
Sukta 7.13
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha Maitrāvaruṇi) (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 7)
Devata: Agni (especially Vaiśvānara aspect)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; standard for many RV 7 hymns/verses of this type)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
जातो यदग्ने भुवना व्यख्यः पशून्न गोपा इर्यः परिज्मा । वैश्वानर ब्रह्मणे विन्द गातुं यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
Transliteration
jā́to yád agne bhúvanā vyàkhyáḥ paśū́n na gopā́ iryàḥ parí-jmā́ | vaiśvā́nara bráhmaṇe vinda gātúṃ yūyáṃ pāta svastí-bhiḥ sadā́ naḥ ||
Translation
アグニよ、汝は生まれて諸世界を見渡し、牧者が群れ（と光の線）を守るように、めぐり歩き、あまねく通行する。ヴァイシュヴァーナラよ、ブラフマン（brahman、聖なる言葉／力）の志求に道（gātu）を見いだせ。汝ら神々の力よ、常にわれらをスヴァスティ（svasti、吉祥）もって守れ。
Word by Word
जातःborn, arisen
जातः:
Kartā (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√जन् (जायते) / प्रातिपदिक: जात-
यत्when/that which
यत्:
(सम्बन्ध/उपपद) — यदा/यत्-सम्बन्धः
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि-
भुवनानिthe worlds, beings/realms
भुवनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन-
विapart, forth, distinctly
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
अख्यःbecame manifest/renowned; was proclaimed
अख्यः:
Kartā (अग्नेः)
TypeVerb (participle used predicatively)
Root√ख्या (आख्याते) / क्त-ppp: आख्य-
पशून्cattle, creatures
पशून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपशु-
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
गोपाःa herdsman, protector of cattle
गोपाः:
Kartā (उपमान-कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootगोपा- (गो + पा ‘protector’)
ईर्यःmoving, hastening, active
ईर्यः:
Kartā (गोपाः-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√ईर्/ईरय् (‘to set in motion, to go’) / ईर्य-
परिज्माgoing around, roaming about
परिज्मा:
Kartā (गोपाः-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootपरिज्मन्- (परि + √ज्म/जम् ‘to go’ > ‘going around’)
वैश्वानरO Vaiśvānara (Agni as ‘belonging to all men’)
वैश्वानर:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवैश्वानर-
ब्रह्मणेfor the sacred formulation/prayer
ब्रह्मणे:
Sampradāna (हितार्थ/उद्देश्य)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्-
विन्दfind, obtain
विन्द:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विन्दति)
गातुम्path, way, access
गातुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगातु-
यूयम्you (all)
यूयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
पातprotect
पात:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√पा (पिबति/पाति ‘to protect’)
स्वस्तिभिःwith well-being, with blessings
स्वस्तिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootस्वस्ति-
सदाalways
सदा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
नःus/our
नः:
Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (रक्षणस्य ‘us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
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