Rig Veda 7.34.12: Mandala 7, Sukta 34, Mantra 12

Sukta 7.34

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha-gotra tradition for Maṇḍala 7; hymn-level attribution presumed)

Devata: Agni and allied protective powers (hymn context includes Agni, Ahi Budhnya, Tvaṣṭṛ)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 7.34; verse-level meter not fully computable from provided text alone)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अविष्टो अस्मान्विश्वासु विक्ष्वद्युं कृणोत शंसं निनित्सोः ॥

Transliteration

áviṣṭo asmā́n víśvāsu vikṣv ádyuṃ kṛṇota śáṃsaṃ ninitsóḥ ॥

Translation

ನಮ್ಮ ಮೇಲೆ ಆಕ್ರಮಣ ಬಂದಾಗ, ಎಲ್ಲ ಕುಲಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಜಯಶಾಲಿಗಳಾಗಿಸು; ಸತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಲು ಬಯಸುವವನಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನವಾದ, ಪ್ರೇರಿತ ಸ್ತುತಿ-ವಾಣಿಯನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸು.

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Word by Word

• अवि॑ष्टः: having protected; protected (us)
• अवि॑ष्टः: कर्तृ (as predicate of the implied subject ‘त्वम्/सः’)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used predicatively)
• Root: √अव् (अवति ‘रक्षति’) → अविष्ट (PPP)

• अ॒स्मान्: us
• अ॒स्मान्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• विश्वासु: in all
• विश्वासु: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective (used substantively with ‘विक्षु’)
• Root: विश्व

• विक्षु: in the clans/communities
• विक्षु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्ष् (स्त्री) ‘settlement, clan, community’

• अद्युं॑: splendour; brilliance
• अद्युं॑: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्युम्/अद्युम्न (नपुं) ‘splendour, brilliance’

• कृणोत: make! (you all)
• कृणोत: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति/कृणोति ‘to make’)

• शंसम्: praise; laudation
• शंसम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंस (पुं) ‘praise, proclamation’

• निनित्सोः: of (him) who desires to lead/bring (it)
• निनित्सोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the one wishing to lead/bring’)
• Type: Verbal noun/participle in genitive (desiderative agent)
• Root: √नी (नयति) with desiderative stem निनित्स- ‘wishing to lead/bring’