Rig Veda 7.85.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 85, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.85

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra–Varuṇa / Ādityas (addressed as law-powers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स सुक्रतुॠतचिदस्तु होता य आदित्य शवसा वां नमस्वान् । आववर्तदवसे वां हविष्मानसदित्स सुविताय प्रयस्वान् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.85.4

Transliteration

sá su-krátur ṛta-cíd astu hóta yá ādityā śávasā vāṃ námasvān | āvavártat ávase vāṃ havíṣmān ásad ít sá suvitā́ya práyasvān ||

Translation

May he be the priest of good will and truth-awareness, who, O Ādityas, with force bows to you. Turning again toward your help with the offering, may he indeed sit firm for the right impulsion and progress toward the true unfolding.

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Word by Word

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सु-क्रतुः: of good resolve / wise
• सु-क्रतुः: Kartā (apposition to सः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक); उपसर्गः सु-

• ऋत-चित्: even according to ṛta / even truly
• ऋत-चित्: (qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable particle + nominal base
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (निपात/अव्यय ‘even’)

• अस्तु: let (him) be
• अस्तु: (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• होता: the Hotṛ-priest / invoker
• होता: Kartā (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to sacrifice/invoke’)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आदित्य: O Āditya
• आदित्य: (addressed)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• शवसा: with strength / by might
• शवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: you two (to/for you two)
• वाम्: Karma (object of नमस्वान्) / or Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नमस्वान्: reverent / bearing homage
• नमस्वान्: Kartā (of implied act of reverence)
• Type: Adjective (possessive) used as noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित) → नमस्वत्

• आ-ववर्तत्: has turned/has come (towards)
• आ-ववर्तत्: (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत्/√वर्त् (to turn/roll, to come round) with उपसर्ग आ-

• अवसे: for help / for protection
• अवसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: for you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हविष्मान्: possessing oblation / the offerer
• हविष्मान्: Kartā (apposition to subject)
• Type: Adjective (possessive) used as noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक) + मतुप् (मन्) → हविष्मत्

• असत्: was / came to be
• असत्: (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• इत्: indeed / just
• इत्: (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुविताय: for good passage / welfare
• सुविताय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवित (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रयस्वान्: bringing refreshment / rich in offerings
• प्रयस्वान्: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Adjective (possessive) used as noun
• Root: प्रयस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘refreshment/abundance’) + वत् (तद्धित) → प्रयस्वत्