Rig Veda 7.34.22: Mandala 7, Sukta 34, Mantra 22

Sukta 7.34

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha-gotra; Mandala 7 is predominantly Vasiṣṭha)

Devata: Varuṇānī / Varuṇa’s protective power; also Tvaṣṭṛ as distributor of rāyas

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 7.34; requires metrical verification by syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ता नो रासन्रातिषाचो वसून्या रोदसी वरुणानी शृणोतु । वरूत्रीभिः सुशरणो नो अस्तु त्वष्टा सुदत्रो वि दधातु रायः ॥

Transliteration

tā no rāsan rātiṣāco vasūny ā rodasī varuṇānī śṛṇotu | varūtrībhiḥ suśaraṇo no astu tvaṣṭā sudatro vi dadhātu rāyaḥ ||

Translation

May those Powers that move with the giving bring to us the riches of being; may Varuṇānī, the wide two worlds, hear our call. With her protections may there be for us a happy refuge; may Tvaṣṭṛ, the good giver, apportion and set in us the plenitude (rāyas).

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Word by Word

• ताः: those (fem.), they
• ताः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रासन्: may they give
• रासन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रा (दाने)

• रातिषाचः: givers/companions of gifts (bounteous ones)
• रातिषाचः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रातिषाच् (प्रातिपदिक; राति- ‘दान’ + साच् ‘सह/अनुगामी’)

• वसूनि: goods, riches
• वसूनि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; द्यावा-पृथिव्यौ)

• वरुणानी: Varuṇānī (goddess associated with Varuṇa)
• वरुणानी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुणानी (प्रातिपदिक; वरुण-सम्बद्धा/वरुणस्य शक्तिः/देवी)

• शृणोतु: let (her) hear
• शृणोतु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (श्रवणे)

• वरूत्रीभिः: with protections, with shelters
• वरूत्रीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरूत्री (प्रातिपदिक; ‘रक्षा/आवरण’)

• सुशरणः: well-sheltering, giving good refuge
• सुशरणः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-शरण (प्रातिपदिक; सु + शरण ‘आश्रय/रक्षा’)

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: let (him/it) be
• अस्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (भुवि)

• त्वष्टा: Tvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)
• त्वष्टा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुदत्रः: good-giving, generous
• सुदत्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दत्र (प्रातिपदिक; सु + दत्र ‘दाता/दानशील’)

• वि: apart, forth, distinctly
• वि: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दधातु: let (him) place/bestow
• दधातु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धारणे/स्थापने)

• रायः: of wealth (wealth’s)
• रायः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/रायि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘धन’)