Rig Veda 7.35.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 35, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.35

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for 7.35 Śaṃ no devīr… type benedictions in Mandala 7 context; exact attribution may vary by Anukramaṇī)

Devata: Multiple paired deities (Indra-Agni; Indra-Varuṇa; Indra-Soma; Indra-Pūṣan)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शं न इन्द्राग्नी भवतामवोभिः शं न इन्द्रावरुणा रातहव्या । शमिन्द्रासोमा सुविताय शं योः शं न इन्द्रापूषणा वाजसातौ ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.35.1

Transliteration

śáṃ na indrāgnī bhavatām ávobhiḥ śáṃ na indrāvaruṇā rātáhavyā | śám indrāsómā suvitā́ya śáṃ yóḥ śáṃ na indrāpūṣaṇā vājásātau ||

Translation

Peace for us: may Indra and Agni become our helpers with their succours; peace for us: may Indra and Varuṇa, givers of the offering, establish it. Peace: may Indra and Soma lead us to the right going; peace and plenitude: may Indra and Pūṣan bring us victory in the gaining of force.

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Word by Word

• शम्: auspiciously; for welfare
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa (भाव/फल-परिस्थिति: ‘कल्याणरूपेण’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / √शम् (शमुँ उपशमे) (निरुक्त-संबन्ध)

• नः: for us; to us
• नः: Sampradāna (हित-लाभार्थं: ‘for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इन्द्राग्नी: Indra and Agni
• इन्द्राग्नी: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: इन्द्र + अग्नि

• भवतात्: may (they) be
• भवतात्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• अवोभिः: with helps; with protections
• अवोभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (नपुंसक/पुं; ‘help, protection’)

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• नः: for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इन्द्रावरुणा: Indra and Varuṇa
• इन्द्रावरुणा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: इन्द्र + वरुण

• रातहव्या: whose oblations are given/offered; receiving offered oblations
• रातहव्या: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: रात-हव्य (√रा ‘to give’ + हव्य ‘oblation’)

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• इन्द्रासोमा: Indra and Soma
• इन्द्रासोमा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: इन्द्र + सोम

• सुविताय: for good passage; for welfare
• सुविताय: Sampradāna (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवित (सु-√वि/√विद्?; ‘good course, welfare, good guidance’)

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• योः: well-being; prosperity
• योः: Karma (प्राप्तव्य-फलम्: ‘welfare’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योस् (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; ‘welfare, well-being’)

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• नः: for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इन्द्रापूषणौ: Indra and Pūṣan
• इन्द्रापूषणौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: इन्द्र + पूषन्

• वाजसातौ: in the gaining of the prize; in the contest for booty
• वाजसातौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज-साति (वाज ‘prize, strength’ + साति ‘winning’ from √सन्/√सा ‘to gain’)