Rig Veda 7.70.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 70, Mantra 5

Sukta 7.70

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शुश्रुवांसा चिदश्विना पुरूण्यभि ब्रह्माणि चक्षाथे ऋषीणाम् । प्रति प्र यातं वरमा जनायास्मे वामस्तु सुमतिश्चनिष्ठा ॥

Transliteration

śuśruvā́ṃsā cid aśvinā purū́ṇy abhí bráhmāṇi cakṣāthe ṛ́ṣīṇām | práti prá yātaṃ váram ā́ jánāyāsmé vāṃ astu sumatíś caniṣṭhā́ ||

Translation

Even as those who listen, O Aśvins, you behold the many inspired utterances of the seers. Come forth toward the human being with the best gift; may your most intimate right-mindedness be in us.

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Word by Word

• शुश्रुवांसौ: the two who have heard (well); the two attentive ones
• शुश्रुवांसौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → शुश्रुवांस् (कृदन्त, परिपूर्ण-श्रवण) / प्रातिपदिक: शुश्रुवांस्

• चित्: indeed, even
• चित्: (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: (addressed)
• Type: Noun (proper, dual deity)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरूणि: many (things)
• पुरूणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: पुरु (प्रातिपदिक) → नपुंसक बहुवचन रूप

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: (preverb/adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ब्रह्माणि: sacred formulations; hymns
• ब्रह्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) → ब्रह्माणि

• चक्षाथे: you two have beheld/marked/recognized
• चक्षाथे: (verb of perception)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चक्ष् (धातु) (वेद. ‘देखना/ध्यान देना/समझना’)

• ऋषीणाम्: of the seers
• ऋषीणाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: towards, in response
• प्रति: (directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: (preverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यातम्: come/go (you two)!
• यातम्: (imperative to addressees)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• वरम्: a boon; the best/choice (thing)
• वरम्: Karma (adverbial accusative: ‘as a boon/for choice’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• जनाय: for the people/for the man (worshipper)
• जनाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मे: for us; among us
• अस्मे: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘among us/for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• वाम्: of you two / you two
• वाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of you two’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (द्विवचन सर्वनाम) → वाम्

• अस्तु: let there be
• अस्तु: (copula/optative wish)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• सुमतिः: good thought; favor; benevolence
• सुमतिः: Kartā (of ‘अस्तु’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- + मति (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• निष्ठा: most steadfast; firmly established; sure
• निष्ठा: (predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective (predicative) / Noun
• Root: निष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)