Rig Veda 7.16.7: Mandala 7, Sukta 16, Mantra 7
Sukta 7.16
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha family, Mandala 7)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 7.16; verse-level meter not exhaustively verified here)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वे अग्ने स्वाहुत प्रियासः सन्तु सूरयः । यन्तारो ये मघवानो जनानामूर्वान्दयन्त गोनाम् ॥
Transliteration
tve agne svāhuta priyā́saḥ santu sūŕayaḥ | yantā́ro ye maghávāno jánānām ūrvā́n dayanta gónām ||
Translation
In you, O Agni, rightly offered, may the beloved seers find their home—those leaders, bountiful among the peoples, who foster the wide fields of the cows: the open pastures of Light and Knowledge.
Word by Word
त्वेin/with you
त्वे:
अधिकारण
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्वम्
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि-
स्वाहुतwell-invoked / well-offered-to
स्वाहुत:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootसु-आहुत- (आहुत- < √हु ‘to offer/sacrifice’), प्रातिपदिक: स्वाहुत-
प्रियासःdear (ones)
प्रियासः:
कर्तृ (सन्तु इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootप्रिय-
सन्तुmay they be
सन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)
सूरयःpatrons / bountiful lords
सूरयः:
कर्तृ (सन्तु इत्यस्य; प्रियासः इत्यस्य अपि विशेष्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootसूरि-
यन्तारःguiders / controllers
यन्तारः:
कर्तृ (दयन्त इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootयन्तृ- (कर्तृ-प्रातिपदिक; < √यम् ‘to restrain/guide’)
येwho
ये:
कर्तृ (दयन्त इत्यस्य; यन्तारः/मघवानः इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मघवानःbountiful ones
मघवानः:
कर्तृ (दयन्त इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमघवन्-
जनानाम्of the peoples
जनानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (उर्वान् इत्यस्य; ‘of people’)
TypeNoun
Rootजन-
ऊर्वान्wide spaces / broad room
ऊर्वान्:
कर्म (दयन्त इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्वा- (स्त्रीलिङ्ग; ‘wide space/expanse, room’)
दयन्तthey apportion / grant
दयन्त:
—
TypeVerb
Root√दा/दय् (वेदिक; ‘to apportion, give, distribute’)
गोनाम्of cows (wealth)
गोनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (ऊर्वान् इत्यस्य; ‘of cattle/wealth’)
TypeNoun
Rootगो-
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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