Rig Veda 7.97.8: Mandala 7, Sukta 97, Mantra 8

Sukta 7.97

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Bṛhaspati (with Rodasī as supporting cosmic powers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

देवी देवस्य रोदसी जनित्री बृहस्पतिं वावृधतुर्महित्वा । दक्षाय्याय दक्षता सखायः करद्ब्रह्मणे सुतरा सुगाधा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.97.8

Transliteration

devī́ devásya ródasī́ janítrī bṛ́haspátiṃ vāvṛdhatur mahitvā́ | dakṣā́yyāya dakṣatā sakhāyaḥ kárad bráhmaṇe sutárā sugā́dhā ||

Translation

The two goddesses, Heaven-and-Earth, the Mothers of the god, have increased Bṛhaspati by their greatness. O comrades, become skilled for the work of discernment; make for the brahman a secure and easy ford.

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Word by Word

• देवी: the two goddesses
• देवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी- (प्रातिपदिक; देव- ‘divine’ से स्त्री)

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-

• रोदसी: Heaven-and-Earth (the two worlds)
• रोदसी: Kartā (apposition to देवी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी- (द्वन्द्व/द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; द्यावा-पृथिवी ‘heaven and earth’)

• जनित्री: the two begetters/mothers
• जनित्री: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनितृ- (√जन् ‘to beget’ से कृत्; जनित्री- स्त्री)

• बृहस्पतिम्: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति-

• वावृधतुः: they have strengthened / made grow
• वावृधतुः: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (वर्धते) ‘to grow, strengthen’

• महित्वा: by greatness, through majesty
• महित्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: महित्व- (मह् ‘great’ से भाव)

• दक्षाय्याय: for the capable/skillful one
• दक्षाय्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दक्षाय्य- (दक्ष- ‘skill/strength’ से व्युत्पन्न विशेषण/नाम)

• दक्षत: let him be capable / let him succeed
• दक्षत: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दक्ष् ‘to be strong/able; to accomplish’

• सखायः: the comrades/allies
• सखायः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि-

• करत्: let him make / let him do
• करत्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ ‘to do, make’

• ब्रह्मणे: for the sacred formulation/prayer
• ब्रह्मणे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्-

• सुतरा: very well, most effectively
• सुतरा: (क्रियाविशेषण) —
• Type: Adverb/Indeclinable
• Root: सु-तरा (सु- उपसर्ग + तर ‘crossing’/तॄ-भाव; अव्ययीभाव-प्राय)

• सुगाधा: easy to ford; providing good footing
• सुगाधा: (predicate/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-गाधा (गाधा- ‘ford, firm footing’)