Rig Veda 7.39.6: Mandala 7, Sukta 39, Mantra 6
Sukta 7.39
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Dhātṛ (and implicitly the yajñiya gods)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ररे हव्यं मतिभिर्यज्ञियानां नक्षत्कामं मर्त्यानामसिन्वन् । धाता रयिमविदस्यं सदासां सक्षीमहि युज्येभिर्नु देवैः ॥
Transliteration
raré havyáṃ matíbhir yajñiyā́nāṃ nákṣat kā́maṃ mártyānām ásinvan | dhā́tā rayím avidásyaṃ sadā́sāṃ sakṣī́mahi yujyébhir nú deváiḥ ||
Translation
ररे हव्यं मतिभिर्यज्ञियानां ददौ; नक्षत् कामं मर्त्यानाम् असिन्वन्। धाता रयिम् अविदस्यं सदासां नः स्थापयतु; सक्षीमहि नु युज्येभिर्देवैः॥
Word by Word
र॒रेhas given / has granted
र॒रे:
Kartā (implicit subject: the praised deity)
TypeVerb
Root√रा (रास्/रा) ‘to give, grant’
ह॒व्यम्the oblation, offering
ह॒व्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य (from √हु ‘to offer, invoke’)
म॒तिभिःwith thoughts / with hymns
म॒तिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमति (from √मन् ‘to think’)
य॒ज्ञियानाम्of the worshippers / of the sacrificers
य॒ज्ञियानाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
TypeAdjective (substantivized) / Noun-like
Rootयज्ञिय (from यज्ञ ‘sacrifice’; adj. ‘fit for sacrifice/worship’)
नक्षत्reached / attained
नक्षत्:
Kartā (implicit subject: the deity)
TypeVerb
Root√नश्/नक्ष् (Vedic) ‘to reach, attain’
कामम्desire, wish
कामम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
मर्त्यानाम्of mortals
मर्त्यानाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य
असिन्वन्impelling / bestowing
असिन्वन्:
Kartā (agreeing with the deity)
TypeVerb
Root√सिव्/सिन्व् (Vedic) ‘to set in motion, impel; to bestow/strengthen’
धाताthe Ordainer (Dhātṛ)
धाता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधातृ (from √धा ‘to place, establish’; epithet ‘Creator/Ordainer’)
र॒यिम्wealth
र॒यिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरयि
अविदस्यम्hard-to-obtain
अविदस्यम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअविदस्य (adj. ‘not-to-be-found/rare’; from a- + √विद् ‘to find/know’)
सदासाम्of the assemblies / of the sessions
सदासाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसदास् (Vedic noun ‘seat/assembly; session’)
सक्षीमहिmay we be able / may we attain (together)
सक्षीमहि:
Kartā (we)
TypeVerb
Root√सच् ‘to accompany, be associated’ (Vedic: ‘to be able/prevail together’ in desiderative/precative usage) অথবা √शक् in sense
युज्येभिःwith the yoked / with the fit (helpers/means)
युज्येभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective (instrumental use)
Rootयुज्य (gerundive/adj. ‘to be yoked/fit for yoking’; from √युज् ‘to yoke’)
नुnow, indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
देवैःwith the gods
देवैः:
Karaṇa / Sahakārī (accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
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