Rig Veda 7.43.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 43, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.43

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (probable)

Devata: Ṛta/Devāḥ (streams of Truth; associated with Vasus as abundance-powers)

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ते सीषपन्त जोषमा यजत्रा ऋतस्य धाराः सुदुघा दुहानाः । ज्येष्ठं वो अद्य मह आ वसूनामा गन्तन समनसो यति ष्ठ ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.43.4

Transliteration

té sī́ṣapanta jóṣam ā́ yájatṛā ṛtásya dhā́rāḥ sudúghā dúhānāḥ | jyéṣṭhaṁ vo adyá máha ā́ vasū́nām ā́ gantana sámanaso yáti ṣṭha ||

Translation

May those adorable streams of the Truth press forward to the delight, richly milking their abundance. Come today, harmonized in mind, to your highest greatness, to the supreme plenitude of the Vasus.

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Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सीषपन्त: they hasten / they set in motion
• सीषपन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिषप्/√सिषप् (प्रेरणे/गमने; Vedic)

• जोषम्: delight, enjoyment, favor
• जोषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जोष (प्रातिपदिक; from √जुष् ‘to be pleased, to enjoy’)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: Upasarga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• यजत्राः: worshipful, worthy of sacrifice
• यजत्राः: Kartā (apposition to ते)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यजत्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘worthy of worship’, from √यज्)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order / truth)
• ऋतस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाराः: streams, flows
• धाराः: Kartā (apposition/subject with ते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक; from √धृ ‘to hold/flow’)

• सुदुघाः: richly yielding, well-milking
• सुदुघाः: Kartā (qualifier of धाराः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुघ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘well-milking/abundantly yielding’, from √दुह्)

• दुहानाः: milking, yielding
• दुहानाः: Kartā (qualifier of धाराः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √दुह् (दोहने) + शानच् (मध्यम/कर्तरि कृदन्त)

• ज्येष्ठम्: the greatest, the chief
• ज्येष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: Sampradāna (for you) / Sambandha (of you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: Upasarga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• वसूनाम्: of the goods/wealths
• वसूनाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither
• आ: Upasarga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• गन्तन: come! (you all)
• गन्तन: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गतौ)

• समनसः: being of one mind, unanimous
• समनसः: Kartā (qualifier of implied ‘you’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-मनस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of one mind’)

• यति: in the rite/effort; in the act of striving
• यति: Adhikaraṇa (locus/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक; from √यत् ‘to strive/hold’)

• स्थ: be (so)! / be present!
• स्थ: Kriyā (auxiliary/exhortation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु; ‘to be’) / enclitic 2nd pl. imperative/indicative in Vedic usage