Rig Veda 7.47.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 47, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.47

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha-gotra tradition for Maṇḍala 7; hymn-series to Waters/Apāṃ Napāt)

Devata: Āpaḥ / Apāṃ Napāt (with Indra and the Vasus as associated powers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas typical of RV 7.47)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तमूर्मिमापो मधुमत्तमं वोऽपां नपादवत्वाशुहेमा । यस्मिन्निन्द्रो वसुभिर्मादयाते तमश्याम देवयन्तो वो अद्य ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.47.2

Transliteration

tám ū́rmim ā́po mádhumattamaṃ vo’pā́ṃ napād avatu āśuhemā́ | yásmin índro vásubhir mā́dayāte tám aśyāma deváyanto vo adyá ||

Translation

O Waters, may Apāṃ Napāt, swift in his golden movement, protect for you that wave most rich in sweetness. That (wave) in which Indra exults with the Vasus—may we, aspiring to the Divine, attain it today through you.

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Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्मिम्: wave, billow
• ऊर्मिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप्/अप् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘waters’)

• मधुमत्तमम्: most honey-sweet, sweetest
• मधुमत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् (सुपरलटिव)

• वः: of you / for you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप्/अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नपात्: offspring/son (epithet: ‘Child of the Waters’)
• नपात्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नपात् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवत्: may (he) help/protect
• अवत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (धातु)

• व: indeed/and
• व: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व (निपात)

• आशुहेमा: swift-golden / quickly gleaming (epithet)
• आशुहेमा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: आशु-हेमन्? (पदसमूह; वैदिक समास/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय)

• यस्मिन्: in whom/wherein
• यस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुभिः: with the Vasus (gods)/with riches
• वसुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मादयते: rejoices, is exhilarated
• मादयते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (धातु)

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्याम: may I attain/reach
• अश्याम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्/अश्नोति (धातु ‘to reach/attain’)

• देवयन्तः: seeking the gods, devout
• देवयन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: देवयन्त् (कृदन्त; √देवय्/देव ‘to seek the gods, be devout’)

• वः: of you / for you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)