Rig Veda 7.16.11: Mandala 7, Sukta 16, Mantra 11
Sukta 7.16
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha family, Mandala 7)
Devata: Agni (as draviṇodāḥ; possibly also applicable to a general ‘deva’ benefactor within Agni-hymn context)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 7.16; verse-level meter not exhaustively verified here)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
देवो वो द्रविणोदाः पूर्णां विवष्ट्यासिचम् । उद्वा सिञ्चध्वमुप वा पृणध्वमादिद्वो देव ओहते ॥
Transliteration
devó vo draviṇodā́ḥ pūrṇā́ṃ viváṣṭy āsícām | úd vā siñcadhvam úpa vā pṛṇadhvam ā́did vo devá ohate ||
Translation
The god, the giver of substance, has opened for you the full vessel. Pour it out upward, or fill it up more: then indeed the god bears you onward—he carries your becoming toward fullness.
Word by Word
देवःthe god (Agni)
देवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) < √दिव् (दीप्तौ)
वःfor you / of you
वः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
द्रविणोदाःthe giver of wealth
द्रविणोदाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootद्रविणोदास् (प्रातिपदिक; द्रविण + दा ‘giver’)
पूर्णाम्full, filled
पूर्णाम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
विवष्टिdesires / seeks
विवष्टि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वष्ट्/√वश् (इच्छायाम्/प्रार्थने; ‘to desire, seek’), with vi-
आसिचम्a pouring; libation
आसिचम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootआसिच् (प्रातिपदिक; from √सिच् ‘to pour, sprinkle’ with ā-)
उत्up; forth
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
सिञ्चध्वम्pour (ye)!
सिञ्चध्वम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√सिच् (सेचने)
उपtowards; near
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
पृणध्वम्fill (ye)!
पृणध्वम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पॄ/√पृ (पूरणे)
आत्then; thereupon
आत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआत्/आद् (निपात; ‘then, from that’)
इत्indeed; just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात; emphatic)
वःfor you / of you
वः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
देवःthe god (Agni)
देवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) < √दिव् (दीप्तौ)
ओहतेconveys / brings (to you)
ओहते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहने) with अव-/ओ- (Vedic preverb; ‘to carry/bring towards’)
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