Rig Veda 7.7.6: Mandala 7, Sukta 7, Mantra 6
Sukta 7.7
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭhāḥ)
Devata: Agni (implicit in the hymn-cycle; the inspired fires and mantra-forging powers serve Agni/ṛta)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; 7th maṇḍala Agni hymns predominantly Triṣṭubh—exact meter should be verified by pada syllable count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एते द्युम्नेभिर्विश्वमातिरन्त मन्त्रं ये वारं नर्या अतक्षन् । प्र ये विशस्तिरन्त श्रोषमाणा आ ये मे अस्य दीधयन्नृतस्य ॥
Transliteration
eté dyumnébhir víśvam ā́tiranta mántraṃ yé vā́raṃ naryā́ atá kṣan | prá yé víśas tiránta śróṣamāṇā ā́ yé me asyá dī́dhayann ṛtásya ||
Translation
एते द्युम्नेभिर्विश्वमातिरन्त, मन्त्रं ये वारं नर्या अतक्षन्। प्र ये विशस्तिरन्त श्रोषमाणा, आ ये मेऽस्य दीधयन्नृतस्य॥
Word by Word
एतेthese two
एते:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्यु॒म्नेभिःwith splendors / with glories
द्यु॒म्नेभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootद्यु॒म्न (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वम्all (the whole)
विश्वम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अतिरन्तthey crossed / they passed beyond
अतिरन्त:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√तॄ (तॄ/तॄण्) ‘to cross, pass over’
मन्त्रम्the sacred formulation / hymn
मन्त्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho
ये:
कर्तृ
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वारम्the enclosure / protective covering (lit. ‘ward’)
वारम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवार (प्रातिपदिक)
नर्याःmanly, heroic
नर्याः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootनर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अतक्षन्they fashioned / they formed
अतक्षन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√तक्ष् ‘to fashion, hew, form’
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
येwho
ये:
कर्तृ
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विशःthe clans / settlements
विशः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (प्रातिपदिक)
तिरन्तthey traversed / they crossed
तिरन्त:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√तॄ (तॄ/तॄण्) ‘to cross, pass through’
श्रोषमाणाःlistening / hearkening
श्रोषमाणाः:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple
Root√श्रु ‘to hear’ (श्रोष- as desiderative/aorist-stem in Vedic; here as participial base) + -माण (मध्यम/आत्मनेपद-वर्तमान कृदन्त)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
येwho
ये:
कर्तृ
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मेto me / of me
मे:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof this
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दीधयन्they caused to shine in thought / they inspired
दीधयन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धी/√ध्या ‘to think, to set in mind, to inspire’ (Vedic intensive/causative nuance)
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order / truth)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
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