Rig Veda 7.16.7: Mandala 7, Sukta 16, Mantra 7

Sukta 7.16

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha family, Mandala 7)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 7.16; verse-level meter not exhaustively verified here)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्वे अग्ने स्वाहुत प्रियासः सन्तु सूरयः । यन्तारो ये मघवानो जनानामूर्वान्दयन्त गोनाम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.16.7

Transliteration

tve agne svāhuta priyā́saḥ santu sūŕayaḥ | yantā́ro ye maghávāno jánānām ūrvā́n dayanta gónām ||

Translation

ในท่านเอง โออัคนี ผู้รับเครื่องบูชาที่ถวายอย่างถูกต้อง (svāhuta) ขอให้เหล่าฤษีผู้เป็นที่รัก (sūri) ได้มีที่พำนัก—บรรดาผู้นำ ผู้เอื้อเฟื้อมั่งคั่งท่ามกลางชนทั้งหลาย (maghavān) ผู้เกื้อหนุนทุ่งกว้างแห่งโค: ทุ่งหญ้าเปิดโล่งแห่งแสงสว่างและญาณรู้.

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Word by Word

• त्वे: in/with you
• त्वे: अधिकारण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्वम्

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अग्नि-

• स्वाहुत: well-invoked / well-offered-to
• स्वाहुत: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative)
• Root: सु-आहुत- (आहुत- < √हु ‘to offer/sacrifice’), प्रातिपदिक: स्वाहुत-

• प्रियासः: dear (ones)
• प्रियासः: कर्तृ (सन्तु इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: प्रिय-

• सन्तु: may they be
• सन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

• सूरयः: patrons / bountiful lords
• सूरयः: कर्तृ (सन्तु इत्यस्य; प्रियासः इत्यस्य अपि विशेष्यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि-

• यन्तारः: guiders / controllers
• यन्तारः: कर्तृ (दयन्त इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यन्तृ- (कर्तृ-प्रातिपदिक; < √यम् ‘to restrain/guide’)

• ये: who
• ये: कर्तृ (दयन्त इत्यस्य; यन्तारः/मघवानः इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मघवानः: bountiful ones
• मघवानः: कर्तृ (दयन्त इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मघवन्-

• जनानाम्: of the peoples
• जनानाम्: सम्बन्ध (उर्वान् इत्यस्य; ‘of people’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन-

• ऊर्वान्: wide spaces / broad room
• ऊर्वान्: कर्म (दयन्त इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्वा- (स्त्रीलिङ्ग; ‘wide space/expanse, room’)

• दयन्त: they apportion / grant
• दयन्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा/दय् (वेदिक; ‘to apportion, give, distribute’)

• गोनाम्: of cows (wealth)
• गोनाम्: सम्बन्ध (ऊर्वान् इत्यस्य; ‘of cattle/wealth’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-