Rig Veda 7.39.6 — Mandala 7, Sukta 39, Mantra 6

Sukta 7.39

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Dhātṛ (and implicitly the yajñiya gods)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ररे हव्यं मतिभिर्यज्ञियानां नक्षत्कामं मर्त्यानामसिन्वन् । धाता रयिमविदस्यं सदासां सक्षीमहि युज्येभिर्नु देवैः ॥

Transliteration

raré havyáṃ matíbhir yajñiyā́nāṃ nákṣat kā́maṃ mártyānām ásinvan | dhā́tā rayím avidásyaṃ sadā́sāṃ sakṣī́mahi yujyébhir nú deváiḥ ||

Translation

He has given the offering to the worship-worthy through our thought-forms; he has fulfilled the desire of mortals without stint. May Dhātṛ establish for us the rayi that cannot be lost, abiding always; may we be able to accompany the gods who are to be joined (in yoga) now.

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Word by Word

• र॒रे: has given / has granted
• र॒रे: Kartā (implicit subject: the praised deity)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रा (रास्/रा) ‘to give, grant’

• ह॒व्यम्: the oblation, offering
• ह॒व्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य (from √हु ‘to offer, invoke’)

• म॒तिभिः: with thoughts / with hymns
• म॒तिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (from √मन् ‘to think’)

• य॒ज्ञियानाम्: of the worshippers / of the sacrificers
• य॒ज्ञियानाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized) / Noun-like
• Root: यज्ञिय (from यज्ञ ‘sacrifice’; adj. ‘fit for sacrifice/worship’)

• नक्षत्: reached / attained
• नक्षत्: Kartā (implicit subject: the deity)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश्/नक्ष् (Vedic) ‘to reach, attain’

• कामम्: desire, wish
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम

• मर्त्यानाम्: of mortals
• मर्त्यानाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य

• असिन्वन्: impelling / bestowing
• असिन्वन्: Kartā (agreeing with the deity)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिव्/सिन्व् (Vedic) ‘to set in motion, impel; to bestow/strengthen’

• धाता: the Ordainer (Dhātṛ)
• धाता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ (from √धा ‘to place, establish’; epithet ‘Creator/Ordainer’)

• र॒यिम्: wealth
• र॒यिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि

• अविदस्यम्: hard-to-obtain
• अविदस्यम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविदस्य (adj. ‘not-to-be-found/rare’; from a- + √विद् ‘to find/know’)

• सदासाम्: of the assemblies / of the sessions
• सदासाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदास् (Vedic noun ‘seat/assembly; session’)

• सक्षीमहि: may we be able / may we attain (together)
• सक्षीमहि: Kartā (we)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सच् ‘to accompany, be associated’ (Vedic: ‘to be able/prevail together’ in desiderative/precative usage) অথবা √शक् in sense

• युज्येभिः: with the yoked / with the fit (helpers/means)
• युज्येभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (instrumental use)
• Root: युज्य (gerundive/adj. ‘to be yoked/fit for yoking’; from √युज् ‘to yoke’)

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Karaṇa / Sahakārī (accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव