Rig Veda 6.52.7: Mandala 6, Sukta 52, Mantra 7
Sukta 6.52
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition
Devata: Viśve Devāḥ
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like shorter cadence (invocatory refrain style) within the hymn’s flow
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विश्वे देवास आ गत शृणुता म इमं हवम् । एदं बर्हिर्नि षीदत ॥
Transliteration
víśve devāsa ā́ gata śṛṇutā́ ma imáṃ hávam | édáṃ barhír ní ṣīdata ||
Translation
ഹേ വിശ്വേ ദേവാഃ, വരുവിൻ; എന്റെ ഈ ഹവം ശ്രവിക്കുവിൻ. ഈ പവിത്ര ബർഹിസ് മേൽ നിഷീദത—യജ്ഞസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ ആസനം സ്വീകരിക്കുവിൻ.
Word by Word
विश्वेall
विश्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *wiḱ-/*wis- ‘all’ (semantic)
देवासःthe gods
देवासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) < √दिव् ‘to shine’
आhither, towards (here)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
गतcome (having come)
गत:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√गम् ‘to go’
शृणुतhear!
शृणुत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु ‘to hear’
मेmy / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हवम्invocation, call
हवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहव (प्रातिपदिक) < √हू ‘to call, invoke’
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
बर्हिःthe sacrificial grass (seat)
बर्हिः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sacrificial grass, barhis’
निdown, in place
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
षीदतsit down!
षीदत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√सद्/√सीद् ‘to sit, settle’
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