Rig Veda 7.57.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 57, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.57

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for Maṇḍala 7; hymn-level not supplied in input)

Devata: Marutāḥ

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ऋधक्सा वो मरुतो दिद्युदस्तु यद्व आगः पुरुषता कराम । मा वस्तस्यामपि भूमा यजत्रा अस्मे वो अस्तु सुमतिश्चनिष्ठा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.57.4

Transliteration

ṛ́dhaksā vo maruto didyúd astu yád va ā́gaḥ puruṣátā kárāma | mā́ vas tasyā́m ápi bhūmā yajatrā asmè vo astu sumatíś caníṣṭhā ||

Translation

ಹೇ ಮರುತರೆ, ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮಿಂಚು ನಮ್ಮಿಂದ ದೂರವಾಗಿರಲಿ—ಮಾನವೀಯ ತಪ್ಪಿನಿಂದ ನಾವು ನಿಮ್ಮ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಅಪರಾಧ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರೆ. ಹೇ ಯಜತ್ರ (ಪೂಜ್ಯ) ದೇವರೆ, ನಾವು ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಬೀಳದಿರಲಿ. ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸ್ಥಿರವಾದ ಸుమತಿ—ಸದುದ್ದೇಶ/ಸದುಬುದ್ಧಿ—ಇರಲಿ.

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Word by Word

• ऋधक्सा: separately, apart (indeed)
• ऋधक्सा: Adhikaraṇa (manner/way) / Avyaya-modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋधक् (avyaya-prātipadika) + सा (enclitic particle)

• वः: of you / for you
• वः: Sampradāna/Śeṣa (possessor/beneficiary)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun)

• मरुतः: O Maruts
• मरुतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (prātipadika)

• दिद्युद्: lightning, brilliance
• दिद्युद्: Kartā/Predicative (with अस्तु)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दिद्युत् (prātipadika) < √द्युत् ‘to shine’

• अस्तु: let there be
• अस्तु: (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भूवादि)

• यद्वः: whatever (fault) of you
• यद्वः: Karma (of कराम) + Śeṣa (of you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun) + वः (युष्मद्)

• आगः: offence, sin
• आगः: Karma (object: ‘sin/offence’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगस् (prātipadika)

• पुरुषता: through human nature, as a man
• पुरुषता: Adhikaraṇa (manner) / Hetu (cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरुषता (avyaya; from पुरुष + -ता)

• कराम: may I do / might I commit
• कराम: Kartā (implicit ‘I’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति)

• मा: do not
• मा: (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (prohibitive particle)

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (beneficiary/with respect to you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• तस्याम्: in that (matter)
• तस्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (demonstrative pronoun)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (particle)

• भूमा: may we be
• भूमा: Kartā (implicit ‘we’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• यजत्राः: O worshipful ones
• यजत्राः: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Adjective (vocative) / Noun-epithet
• Root: यजत्र (adj. prātipadika) < √यज् ‘to worship’

• अस्मे: for us
• अस्मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• वः: of you
• वः: Śeṣa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अस्तु: let there be
• अस्तु: (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्

• सुमतिः: good thought, favour
• सुमतिः: Kartā/Predicative (with अस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमति (prātipadika) = सु- + मति (< √मन् ‘to think’)

• चनििष्ठा: most abiding / very firm (best)
• चनििष्ठा: Viśeṣaṇa (of सुमतिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चनििष्ठ (superlative adj. prātipadika) < √कन्/कन्? (Vedic intensifier) + -इष्ठ