Rig Veda 7.97.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 97, Mantra 2
Sukta 7.97
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha-gotra tradition for Maṇḍala 7; hymn to Bṛhaspati/Brāhmaṇaspati)
Devata: Bṛhaspati / Brāhmaṇaspati (with a relational horizon that includes Indra as allied power in the hymn)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; typical for Maṇḍala 7 praise/invocation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ दैव्या वृणीमहेऽवांसि बृहस्पतिर्नो मह आ सखायः । यथा भवेम मीळ्हुषे अनागा यो नो दाता परावतः पितेव ॥
Transliteration
ā daivyā́ vṛṇīmahe’vā́ṃsi bṛ́haspátir no mahá ā́ sakhāyaḥ | yáthā bhávema mīḷhúṣe ánāgā yó no dātā́ parāvátaḥ pitā́iva ||
Translation
われらは神なる助けを選び取り、ここに招き寄せる。われらの大いなる友ブリハスパティよ、近く来たれ——寛大なる与え手の御前に、われらが咎なき者となるために。彼ははるか彼方より、父のごとくわれらに授けたもう。
Word by Word
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
दैव्याःthe divine (fem. pl.)
दैव्याः:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootदैव्य (देव- + यत्)
वृणीमहेwe choose, we seek
वृणीमहे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणीते ‘choose’)
अवांसिhelps, protections, favors
अवांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअवस्
बृहस्पतिःBṛhaspati
बृहस्पतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper/theonym)
Rootबृहस्पति
नःfor us, to us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
महेfor great (benefit), greatly
महे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
आhither, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
सखायःO friends
सखायः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootसखि
यथाso that
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
भवेमmay we be, may we become
भवेम:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भू
मीळ्हुषेto the gracious one (bestower of favor)
मीळ्हुषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootमीळ्हु (from √मृड्/√मील् ‘be gracious, show favor’ > ‘the gracious one’)
अनागाःblameless, sinless
अनागाः:
Kartā (predicate to ‘we’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनाग (a- + आगस्)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्
नःto us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
दाताgiver
दाता:
Kartā
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootदातृ (from √दा ‘give’)
परावतःfrom afar, from the distant region
परावतः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun/Adverbial form
Rootपरावत्
पितेवlike a father
पितेव:
Kartā (simile to the giver) / —
TypeNoun + Indeclinable (simile)
Rootपितृ + इव
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