Rig Veda 7.39.7: Mandala 7, Sukta 39, Mantra 7

Sukta 7.39

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha-gotra tradition; hymn attributed to Vasiṣṭhas)

Devata: Composite invocation: Rodasī (Heaven-Earth) with Varuṇa, Mitra, and Agni; ‘candrāḥ’ as luminous powers aiding the gift of arka

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for 7.39; verse-length and cadence consistent with Triṣṭubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू रोदसी अभिष्टुते वसिष्ठैॠतावानो वरुणो मित्रो अग्निः । यच्छन्तु चन्द्रा उपमं नो अर्कं यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

Transliteration

nū rodasī abhiṣṭute vasiṣṭhaiḥ ṛtāvāno varuṇo mitro agniḥ | yacchantu candrā upamaṃ no arkaṃ yūyaṃ pāta svastíbhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

Translation

Now, when Heaven and Earth are invoked by the Vasiṣṭhas, may Varuṇa the upholder of the Truth, Mitra the harmoniser, and Agni the divine Will become present. Let the luminous powers grant us a supreme hymn of light; and you, O gods, guard us always with states of well-being and safe passage.

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Word by Word

• नु: now; indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (प्रातिपदिक) < रोदस्

• अभिष्टुते: well-praised; praised (by)
• अभिष्टुते: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: अभि-स्तु (धातु √स्तु ‘to praise’) → अभिष्टुत (कृदन्त)

• वसिष्ठैः: by the Vasiṣṭhas (Vasiṣṭha and his clan/poets)
• वसिष्ठैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतावानः: possessing ṛta (cosmic order); righteous
• ऋतावानः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋतावन् (प्रातिपदिक) < ऋत

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• मित्रः: Mitra
• मित्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यच्छन्तु: let (them) grant; may (they) bestow
• यच्छन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (धातु ‘to give/extend/grant’)

• चन्द्राः: bright; shining (ones)
• चन्द्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपमम्: best; highest; most excellent
• उपमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपम (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: to us; for us / of us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अर्कम्: hymn; song of praise (arká)
• अर्कम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• पात: protect!
• पात: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (धातु ‘to protect’)

• स्वस्तिभिः: with well-being(s); with blessings
• स्वस्तिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदा: always
• सदा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)