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Rig Veda 7.97.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 97, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.97

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha-gotra tradition for Maṇḍala 7; hymn to Bṛhaspati/Brāhmaṇaspati)
Devata: Bṛhaspati / Brāhmaṇaspati (with a relational horizon that includes Indra as allied power in the hymn)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; typical for Maṇḍala 7 praise/invocation)

आ दैव्या वृणीमहेऽवांसि बृहस्पतिर्नो मह आ सखायः । यथा भवेम मीळ्हुषे अनागा यो नो दाता परावतः पितेव ॥

ā daivyā́ vṛṇīmahe’vā́ṃsi bṛ́haspátir no mahá ā́ sakhāyaḥ | yáthā bhávema mīḷhúṣe ánāgā yó no dātā́ parāvátaḥ pitā́iva ||

நாம் தெய்வீக உதவிகளைத் தேர்ந்து, அவற்றை நம்மிடம் அழைக்கிறோம். ஓ சఖைகளே, எங்கள் மகத்தான நண்பன் ப்ருஹஸ்பதி நமக்கு அருகே வருவானாக—அதனால் நாம் தாராள தாதாவின் முன் குற்றமற்றவர்களாக இருப்போம்; அவர் தூரப் பராவத்திலிருந்தும் தந்தைபோல் நமக்கு அருள்புரிகிறார்.

towards, unto
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
दैव्याःthe divine (fem. pl.)
दैव्याः:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootदैव्य (देव- + यत्)
वृणीमहेwe choose, we seek
वृणीमहे:
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणीते ‘choose’)
अवांसिhelps, protections, favors
अवांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअवस्
बृहस्पतिःBṛhaspati
बृहस्पतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper/theonym)
Rootबृहस्पति
नःfor us, to us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
महेfor great (benefit), greatly
महे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
hither, unto
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
सखायःO friends
सखायः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootसखि
यथाso that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
भवेमmay we be, may we become
भवेम:
TypeVerb
Root√भू
मीळ्हुषेto the gracious one (bestower of favor)
मीळ्हुषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootमीळ्हु (from √मृड्/√मील् ‘be gracious, show favor’ > ‘the gracious one’)
अनागाःblameless, sinless
अनागाः:
Kartā (predicate to ‘we’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनाग (a- + आगस्)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्
नःto us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
दाताgiver
दाता:
Kartā
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootदातृ (from √दा ‘give’)
परावतःfrom afar, from the distant region
परावतः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun/Adverbial form
Rootपरावत्
पितेवlike a father
पितेव:
Kartā (simile to the giver) / —
TypeNoun + Indeclinable (simile)
Rootपितृ + इव

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