Rig Veda 7.70.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 70, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.70

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

चनिष्टं देवा ओषधीष्वप्सु यद्योग्या अश्नवैथे ऋषीणाम् । पुरूणि रत्ना दधतौ न्यस्मे अनु पूर्वाणि चख्यथुर्युगानि ॥

Transliteration

caniṣṭáṃ devā́ óṣadhīṣv apsú yád yogyā́ aśnávaithé ṛ́ṣīṇām | purū́ṇi rátnā dádhatau ny àsmé ánu pū́rvāṇi cakhyathur yugā́ni ||

Translation

Most intimately, O gods, in the plants and in the waters you attain the things fit to be won by the seers. You place many treasures within us, and you make us see in sequence the earlier ages—so that the ancient workings become knowledge for the present journey.

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Word by Word

• च॒नि॒ष्टम्: the least (smallest), a very small (portion)
• च॒नि॒ष्टम्: कर्म (with implied ‘you two obtained/placed’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चनिṣṭa- (superl. of cani-/cana- ‘small, little’ > ‘least/very small’; Vedic form)

• दे॑वाः: O gods
• दे॑वाः: सम्बोधन/कर्तृ (addressed: ‘O gods’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-

• ओष॑धीषु: in the plants (herbs)
• ओष॑धीषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि-

• अ॒प्सु: in the waters
• अ॒प्सु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्- (water)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: सम्बन्ध (relative connector)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्-

• योग्याः: fit, capable, apt
• योग्याः: कर्तृ (of अश्नवैथे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग्य- (from √युज् ‘to yoke, join’)

• अ॒श्नवै॑थे: you two have attained/obtained
• अ॒श्नवै॑थे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नोति ‘to attain, obtain, partake’)

• ऋषी॑णाम्: of the seers
• ऋषी॑णाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि-

• पु॒रूणि॒: many, numerous
• पु॒रूणि॒: कर्म (with दधतौ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु-

• रत्ना॒: treasures, gifts
• रत्ना॒: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न-

• दध॑तौ: you two place/bestow
• दध॑तौ: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (दधाति ‘to place, bestow’)

• नि: down, into; firmly
• नि: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि

• अ॒स्मे: to/for us
• अ॒स्मे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्-

• अनु: after, according to
• अनु: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• पूर्वा॑णि: former, earlier
• पूर्वा॑णि: कर्म (with चख्यथुः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व-

• चख्यथुः: you two have shown/made known
• चख्यथुः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ख्या (चख्यौ/चख्यथुः ‘to perceive, make known, point out’)

• यु॒गानि॑: ages, yokes; generations
• यु॒गानि॑: कर्म (apposition to ‘former’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग-