Rig Veda 7.43.3: Mandala 7, Sukta 43, Mantra 3

Sukta 7.43

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (probable)

Devata: Agni (as consecrator) and the collective Devāḥ invited to the barhis

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ पुत्रासो न मातरं विभृत्राः सानौ देवासो बर्हिषः सदन्तु । आ विश्वाची विदथ्यामनक्त्वग्ने मा नो देवताता मृधस्कः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ putrā́so ná mātáraṁ víbhṛtrāḥ sā́nau devā́so bárhiṣaḥ sadantu | ā́ viśvā́cī vidathyā́m anaktv ágne mā́ no devátātā mṛ́dhas kaḥ ||

Translation

Let the gods sit upon the sacred seat, as sons around a mother, sustaining her on the summit. O Agni, anoint the wide-ranging sacred session; let not the hostile force touch our divine becoming.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• पुत्रासः: sons
• पुत्रासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (prātipadika)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (particle)

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (prātipadika)

• विभृत्राः: supporters; sustainers (distributors)
• विभृत्राः: Kartā (apposition to देवासः)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: वि-भृतृ (kṛdanta/prātipadika from √भृ ‘to bear, support’ with vi-)

• सानौ: on the summit; on the height
• सानौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सानु (prātipadika)

• देवासः: the gods
• देवासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika)

• बर्हिषः: of the sacred grass (barhis)
• बर्हिषः: Adhikaraṇa (ritual locus: ‘at/on the barhis’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (prātipadika)

• सदन्तु: let (them) sit
• सदन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (to sit) [class 1]

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• विश्वाची: all-reaching; going in all directions
• विश्वाची: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वाच्/विश्वाची (prātipadika)

• विदथ्याम्: the ceremonial/assembly (offering/rite)
• विदथ्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: विदथ्य (prātipadika from विदथ ‘assembly/rite’)

• अनक्तु: let (him) anoint; let (him) besmear
• अनक्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अञ्ज्/√अनज् (to anoint, smear) [Vedic]

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sampradāna (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (prohibitive particle)

• नः: of us; our; to/against us
• नः: Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (with मृधः-: ‘against us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• देवताता: divine ordinance; godhead/power of the gods
• देवताता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवताता (prātipadika; abstract/collective from देवता)

• मृधस्कः: harmful; hostile; bringing injury
• मृधस्कः: Kartā (predicate/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृधस् (prātipadika ‘harm, hostility’)