Rig Veda 7.42.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 42, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.42

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vāsiṣṭha family, Mandala 7)

Devata: Agni (with Soma-pressing context; gods’ manifestations invoked through Agni)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical scan for certainty)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सुगस्ते अग्ने सनवित्तो अध्वा युक्ष्वा सुते हरितो रोहितश्च । ये वा सद्मन्नरुषा वीरवाहो हुवे देवानां जनिमानि सत्तः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 7.42.2

Transliteration

sugás te agne sánavitto ádhvā yukṣvā suté hárito róhitaś ca | yé vā sádmann aruṣā́ vīravā́ho huv́e devā́nāṃ jánimāni sattáḥ ||

Translation

Auspicioso é o teu caminho, ó Agni: a vereda que conquista o tesouro. No prensar, jungue os fulvos e os rubros (corcéis/forças). Quer estejam na morada esses rubros, portadores de vigor heróico — eu, sentado no rito, invoco os nascimentos e as manifestações dos deuses.

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Word by Word

• सु॒गः: easy (to go), good
• सु॒गः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-ग (प्रातिपदिक: सुग) < गम्/ग॑म् (गमन)

• ते: for you / your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सनवित्तः: well-won / well-found
• सनवित्तः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √सन्/सन् (to win, obtain) + √विद् (to find/know) → कृत्-समास/बहुव्रीहि-भावः (प्रातिपदिक: सनवित्त)

• अध्वा: path, course
• अध्वा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• युक्ष्व: yoke! harness!
• युक्ष्व: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √युज् (युजँ)

• सुते: in the pressed Soma
• सुते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: √सु (to press Soma) → सुत (कृदन्त/भूतकृत)

• हरितः: the tawny (mares)
• हरितः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरित् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोहितः: the ruddy (ones/steeds)
• रोहितः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहित (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• वा: or / indeed
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• सद्मन्: in the seat/dwelling
• सद्मन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरुषाः: ruddy, bright
• अरुषाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• वीरवाहः: bearing heroes / bringing men
• वीरवाहः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर-वाह (समास; प्रातिपदिक: वीरवाह) < वह् (to carry)

• हुवे: I invoke
• हुवे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हू (ह्वे/हूयते; to call, invoke)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• जनिमानि: births, origins
• जनिमानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनिमन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘birth, origin’)

• सत्तः: seated / being present
• सत्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √सद् (to sit) → सत्त (PPP) / ‘seated, present’