Rig Veda 7.38.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 38, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.38

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for RV 7.38)

Devata: Savitar (with Bhaga as associated distributor)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; not explicitly provided in input)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उदु ष्य देवः सविता ययाम हिरण्ययीममतिं यामशिश्रेत् । नूनं भगो हव्यो मानुषेभिर्वि यो रत्ना पुरूवसुर्दधाति ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.38.1

Transliteration

údu ṣyá deváḥ savitā́ yayāma hiraṇyáyīm amátiṃ yā́m áśiśret | nūnáṃ bhágo hávyo mā́nuṣebhir ví yó rátnā puru-vásur dádhāti ||

Translation

Up has gone this god Savitar, setting in motion the golden thought which he has made to flow. Now Bhaga, to be invoked by men, distributes the treasures—he who carries many riches within his being.

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• उदु: up, forth
• उदु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग) + उ (अव्यय/निपात) → उदु

• ष्य: indeed, just
• ष्य: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ष्य (निपात; वैदिक) = स्म/एव/खलु (प्रायः बलार्थक)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सविता: Savitar
• सविता: Kartā (देवः सविता—समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ययाम: has gone forth / has set in motion
• ययाम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• हिरण्ययीम्: golden
• हिरण्ययीम्: Karma (अमतिम् विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्ययी (प्रातिपदिक; हिरण्य + यत्/यी)

• अमतिम्: (his) thought/insight; intention
• अमतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमति (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + मति)

• याम्: which
• याम्: Karma (अमतिम् प्रति अन्वयः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अशिश्रेत्: has rested on / has leaned on / has resorted to
• अशिश्रेत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (धातु) / श्रय् (वैदिक प्रयोग)

• नूनम्: now; surely
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)

• भगः: Bhaga (the distributor of fortune)
• भगः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• हव्यः: to be invoked/oblated; worthy of offering
• हव्यः: Kartā-विशेषण (भगः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हव्य (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to offer’ से)

• मानुषेभिः: by men; with humans
• मानुषेभिः: Karaṇa (आह्वान/स्तुति-करणम्) अथवा सहकारक
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart; forth; distributively
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (दधा॑ति इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रत्ना: treasures
• रत्ना: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुवसुः: rich in many goods
• पुरुवसुः: Kartā-विशेषण (यः/भगः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरुवसु (प्रातिपदिक; पुरु + वसु)

• दधाति: places; bestows
• दधाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)