Rig Veda 7.43.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 43, Mantra 1
Sukta 7.43
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (family book 7; hymn attributed to Vasiṣṭhas)
Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī (Heaven-and-Earth) with broader ritual address to the divine powers through the yajña
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र वो यज्ञेषु देवयन्तो अर्चन्द्यावा नमोभिः पृथिवी इषध्यै । येषां ब्रह्माण्यसमानि विप्रा विष्वग्वियन्ति वनिनो न शाखाः ॥
Transliteration
prá vo yajñéṣu devayánto arcann dyā́vā námobhiḥ pṛthivī́ iṣádhyai | yeṣā́m bráhmāṇy ásamāni víprā víṣvag víyanti vaníno ná śā́khāḥ ||
Translation
祭儀のうちに、神を求める聖賢たちは汝のために讃歌を唱える。礼拝の行為によって、天と地を堅くし、推進の力（イシャー）を得んとする。彼らの霊感の梵言（brahman）は比類なく、四方へとひろがる――生ける樹の枝のごとく。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
वःof you; for you
वः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary/for you) / संबन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
यज्ञेषुin the sacrifices
यज्ञेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ-
देवयन्तःseeking the gods; godward
देवयन्तः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootदेवयन्त् (< देवयति, denom. from देव-)
अर्चन्they praised, sang
अर्चन्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च्
द्यावाःthe heavens
द्यावाः:
Kartā (co-subject with पृथिवी)
TypeNoun
Rootद्याव्/द्यौ-
नमोभिःwith obeisances
नमोभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्-
पृथिवीthe Earth
पृथिवी:
Kartā (co-subject with द्यावाः)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी-
इषध्यैto seek/attain; for gaining
इषध्यै:
Prayojana (purpose)
TypeVerb (infinitive)
Rootइष् (इष्/इष् ‘to seek, to impel’)
येषाम्of whom
येषाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
ब्रह्माणिsacred formulations; hymns
ब्रह्माणि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्-
असमानिunequalled, matchless
असमानि:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootअसमान- (a-samāna)
विप्राःinspired poets, seers
विप्राः:
सम्बन्ध/अधिकार (possessors/agents implied)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र-
विश्वक्in all directions, widely
विश्वक्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविश्वक् (avyaya)
वियन्तिthey extend/spread
वियन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवि + य (या) ‘to go, extend’
वनिनःtrees
वनिनः:
Kartā (simile-subject)
TypeNoun
Rootवनिन्-
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (particle)
शाखाःbranches
शाखाः:
Kartā (of implied verb ‘spread’ in simile)
TypeNoun
Rootशाखा-
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