Rig Veda 7.7.7: Mandala 7, Sukta 7, Mantra 7

Sukta 7.7

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭhāḥ)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू त्वामग्न ईमहे वसिष्ठा ईशानं सूनो सहसो वसूनाम् । इषं स्तोतृभ्यो मघवद्भ्य आनड्यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.7.7

Transliteration

nū́ tvām agne ī́mahe vásiṣṭhā īśānáṃ sū́no sahaso vásūnām | íṣaṃ stotṛ́bhyo maghávadbhya ā́naḍ yūyám pāta svastíbhíḥ sádā naḥ ||

Translation

Kini kami memohon kepada-Mu, wahai Agni—kami para Vasiṣṭha—Engkau yang berdaulat, wahai putera Sahas (Kekuatan), atas segala kekayaan. Kurniakanlah dorongan suci dan pemeliharaan kepada para pemuji, kepada yang pemurah; dan peliharalah kami sentiasa dengan sejahtera.

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Word by Word

• नू: now, indeed
• नू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नू (नु)

• त्वाम्: you (as object)
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि

• ईमहे: we implore / we seek
• ईमहे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईम् + √इ (इण्) / (वेद. प्रयोग: ईमहे = याचामहे/प्रार्थयामहे)

• वसिष्ठाः: the Vasiṣṭhas (we, Vasiṣṭha’s clan)
• वसिष्ठाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईशानम्: the ruling one, lord
• ईशानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ईशान (कृदन्त/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; √ईश् ‘to rule, possess’)

• सूनो: of the son
• सूनो: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु

• सहसः: of might/strength (Sahas)
• सहसः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्

• वसूनाम्: of riches/goods
• वसूनाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु

• इषम्: nourishment, refreshment
• इषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष् (इषा/इष्) प्रातिपदिक

• स्तोतृभ्यः: to the praisers
• स्तोतृभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोतृ

• मघवद्भ्यः: to the bountiful/generous (patrons)
• मघवद्भ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मघवत्

• आ: towards, forth (intensifier)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ

• नड्यूयम्: abounding in reeds / reedy (epithet, likely of a stream/region; here as an object with ‘pāt’)
• नड्यूयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नड्यूय (प्रातिपदिक; वेद. विशेषण)

• पात: protect!
• पात: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (पा रक्षणे/पाने) — here ‘to protect’

• स्वस्तिभिः: with well-beings, with blessings
• स्वस्तिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikaraṇa (temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्