Rig Veda 7.9.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 9, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.9

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ईळेन्यो वो मनुषो युगेषु समनगा अशुचज्जातवेदाः । सुसंदृशा भानुना यो विभाति प्रति गावः समिधानं बुधन्त ॥

Transliteration

īḷényo vo mánuṣo yugéṣu samaná-gā aśucat jātá-vedāḥ | su-sandṛ́śā bhānúnā yó vibhā́ti práti gā́vaḥ samidhā́naṃ budhanta ||

Translation

Worthy of aspiration for you, O human beings through the ages, Jātavedas has blazed forth in a common movement. He who shines out with a fair-seeing radiance—toward the kindled flame the Rays (the ‘cows’ of light) awaken and become conscious.

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Word by Word

• ईळेन्यः: praiseworthy, worthy of invocation
• ईळेन्यः: Kartā (विशेषणम्—जातवेदाः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईळेन्य- (< ईळ्/ईड् ‘स्तु/पूज्’ + -एण्य)

• वः: for you / of you (you all)
• वः: Sampradāna (स्तुत्यर्थे ‘for you’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मनुषः: of Manu / of mankind
• मनुषः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुṣ-

• युगेषु: in (the) ages
• युगेषु: Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग-

• समनगाः: coming together, in concord
• समनगाः: Kartā (विशेषणम्—गावः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अङ्ग (प्रा. ‘समनग’ = ‘समङ्ग/समनङ्ग’)

• अशुचत्: shone forth / blazed
• अशुचत्: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (दीप्तौ/शोचने) + अ- (augment)

• जातवेदाः: Jātavedas (Agni), knower of all births
• जातवेदाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जात- (√जन्) + वेदस्- (√विद्)

• सुसंदृशा: with good appearance / fair to see
• सुसंदृशा: Karaṇa (instrumental—‘by/with’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + संदृश्/संदृशा-

• भानुना: with (his) beam, radiance
• भानुना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु-

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (relative clause)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्

• विभाति: shines forth, illuminates
• विभाति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + भा (दीप्तौ)

• प्रति: towards, in response to
• प्रति: Upapada (directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• गावः: the cows
• गावः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-

• समिधानम्: the kindling one / the one being kindled (Agni)
• समिधानम्: Karma (object of ‘बुधन्त’)
• Type: Participle (present middle) used as noun/adj.
• Root: सम् + इध् (दीप्तौ) → समिधान- (कृदन्त)

• बुधन्त: they notice, awaken to, recognize
• बुधन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (अवबोधने)