Rig Veda 7.35.7: Mandala 7, Sukta 35, Mantra 7

Sukta 7.35

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha family hymn; traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 7)

Devata: Śam/Śānti (benedictive hymn invoking many devas and ritual powers; peace as the unifying aim)

Chandas: Jagatī (predominant for RV 7.35; verse length consistent with jagatī cadence)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शं नः सोमो भवतु ब्रह्म शं नः शं नो ग्रावाणः शमु सन्तु यज्ञाः । शं नः स्वरूणां मितयो भवन्तु शं नः प्रस्वः शम्वस्तु वेदिः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.35.7

Transliteration

śáṃ naḥ sómo bhavatu bráhma śáṃ naḥ | śáṃ no grā́vāṇaḥ śám u santu yajñā́ḥ | śáṃ naḥ svarū́ṇāṃ mitáyo bhavantu śáṃ naḥ prá-svaḥ śám u astu védiḥ ||

Translation

ขอสันติแก่พวกเรา: ขอโสมะจงเป็นพรหมัน (ถ้อยคำดลใจ) ของเรา; ขอสันติแก่พวกเรา. ขอสันติแก่พวกเรา: ขอศิลาบีบคั้นจงเป็นสันติ; ขอการประกอบยัญญะทั้งหลายจงเป็นสันติ. ขอสันติแก่พวกเรา: ขอความพอดีและความกลมกลืนของพลังอันสว่างไสว (สวรุณ) จงเป็นสันติ; ขอสันติแก่พวกเรา: ขอปราณที่ผลักดันไปข้างหน้า (ปรัสวะḥ) จงเป็นสันติ; ขอแท่นบูชา (เวที) จงเป็นสันติ.

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Word by Word

• शम्: auspiciously; for well-being
• शम्: (वाक्य-विशेषण; क्रियाविशेषणभावेन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / √शम् (शमुँ) ‘शमने’ (अर्थ-आधार)

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: सम्बन्ध (possessor/for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सोमः: Soma (the sacred drink/deity)
• सोमः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम

• भवतु: may (he/it) be; let it become
• भवतु: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भू)

• ब्रह्म: sacred utterance; hymn; holy power
• ब्रह्म: (सम्बन्ध/विशेष्यभावः; ‘सोमः … ब्रह्म’ = ‘सोमः (स्तोत्ररूपेण/ब्रह्मरूपेण) शं भवतु’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: (वाक्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• नः: for us
• नः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: (वाक्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• नः: for us
• नः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ग्रावाणः: pressing-stones (for Soma)
• ग्रावाणः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रावन्

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: (वाक्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• उ: indeed; also
• उ: (निपात; अर्थ-बलवर्धक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• सन्तु: may they be
• सन्तु: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (असँ)

• यज्ञाः: sacrifices; rites
• यज्ञाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: (वाक्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• नः: for us
• नः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• स्वरूणाम्: of the svarū-implements (ritual wooden pins/pegs)
• स्वरूणाम्: सम्बन्ध (of the svarū-implements)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरू (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्वरू’ = स्वरु/स्वरू-नाम्नी काष्ठ-कील/यूप-सम्बद्धा वस्तु; RV-प्रयोगः)

• मितयः: measures; measured portions/limits
• मितयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मिति

• भवन्तु: may they become; may they be
• भवन्तु: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भू)

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: (वाक्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• नः: for us
• नः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• प्रस्वः: impulse; furtherance; prosperity
• प्रस्वः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्व (नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; RV ‘प्रस्वः’ = प्रसवः/प्रसव-सम्बद्धं ‘impulse, furtherance, prosperity’)

• शम्: auspiciously
• शम्: (वाक्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• वस्तु: may it be; may it abide
• वस्तु: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (वसँ) ‘निवासे/स्थितौ’ (वेदे ‘वस्तु’ = ‘अस्तु’ इव आशीर्लिङ्ग-प्रयोगः)

• वेदिः: altar; sacrificial ground
• वेदिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदी