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)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

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

Recitation with translationRig Veda 7.97.2

Transliteration

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

Translation

Pinipili at tinatawag namin ang mga tulong na banal; sana si Bṛhaspati, ang aming makapangyarihang Kaibigan, ay lumapit, upang tayo ay maging walang kasalanan sa harap ng mapagkaloob na Tagapagkaloob, siya na mula sa malayo ay nagkakaloob sa atin tulad ng isang ama.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• दैव्याः: the divine (fem. pl.)
• दैव्याः: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दैव्य (देव- + यत्)

• वृणीमहे: we choose, we seek
• वृणीमहे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृणीते ‘choose’)

• अवांसि: helps, protections, favors
• अवांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/theonym)
• Root: बृहस्पति

• नः: for us, to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• महे: for great (benefit), greatly
• महे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्

• आ: hither, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• सखायः: O friends
• सखायः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि

• यथा: so that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• भवेम: may we be, may we become
• भवेम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू

• मीळ्हुषे: to the gracious one (bestower of favor)
• मीळ्हुषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: मीळ्हु (from √मृड्/√मील् ‘be gracious, show favor’ > ‘the gracious one’)

• अनागाः: blameless, sinless
• अनागाः: Kartā (predicate to ‘we’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाग (a- + आगस्)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• दाता: giver
• दाता: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: दातृ (from √दा ‘give’)

• परावतः: from afar, from the distant region
• परावतः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun/Adverbial form
• Root: परावत्

• पितेव: like a father
• पितेव: Kartā (simile to the giver) / —
• Type: Noun + Indeclinable (simile)
• Root: पितृ + इव