Rig Veda 7.34.13: Mandala 7, Sukta 34, Mantra 13

Sukta 7.34

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (presumed at hymn level)

Devata: Protective luminous power (Agni’s flash / divine radiance as remover of harm)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

व्येतु दिद्युद्द्विषामशेवा युयोत विष्वग्रपस्तनूनाम् ॥

Transliteration

vyétu didyúd dviṣā́m áśevā yuyóta víṣvak rápas tanū́nām ॥

Translation

பகைவர்களுக்கு எதிராக மின்னும் ஒளி விரியட்டும்; மேலும் எங்கள் உடலோடு ஒட்டிக்கொண்ட துன்பம்/விபத்தை எல்லாத் திசைகளிலும் இருந்து அகற்றிவிடு.

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Word by Word

• व्येतु: let it go forth / let it speed forth
• व्येतु: — (finite verb/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वी (वे/वय्) ‘to weave, to go/drive apart; in Vedic also ‘to move, to speed’

• दिद्युत्: the lightning (flash)
• दिद्युत्: Kartā (subject of व्येतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √द्युत् ‘to shine, flash’ (prātipadika: दिद्युत् ‘flash, lightning’)

• द्विषाम्: of the haters / of the enemies
• द्विषाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √द्विष् ‘to hate’ (kṛdanta/prātipadika: द्विष्/द्विषन् ‘hater, enemy’)

• अशेवा: unfriendly, ungracious
• अशेवा: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- + शेव (prātipadika शेव ‘kind, friendly, gracious’; with privative a-)

• युयोत: let it ward off / let it keep away
• युयोत: — (finite verb/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यु (यु/योज्) ‘to separate, keep away, ward off’ (Vedic: yuyot)

• विष्वक्: on all sides, in every direction
• विष्वक्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विष्वक् (indeclinable adverb)

• रपः: harms / injuries
• रपः: Karma (object of युयोत)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रपस् (prātipadika) ‘harm, injury, disease; affliction’

• तनूनाम्: of the bodies / of the persons
• तनूनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation to रपः: ‘harms of bodies/persons’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (prātipadika) ‘body, person’