Rig Veda 7.34.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 34, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.34

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭhas)

Devata: Manīṣā (inspired thought) as a goddess-power; implicitly Sarasvatī/Vāc complex

Chandas: Gāyatrī-like short verse (but exact meter uncertain from single pāda input; traditionally RV 7.34 is in Triṣṭubh/Jagatī mix—needs full hymn for confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र शुक्रैतु देवी मनीषा अस्मत्सुतष्टो रथो न वाजी ॥

Transliteration

prá śukrā́ etu devī́ manīṣā́ asmát su-táṣṭo rátho na vājī́ ||

Translation

Xin Nữ thần rực sáng—tư tưởng linh hứng (manīṣā)—hãy tiến ra từ nơi chúng ta; như cỗ xe được chế tác khéo, như kẻ mang sức lực sung mãn, hãy chuyên chở đà vận hành của lễ hiến dâng của chúng ta hướng tới sự viên mãn cao hơn.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• शु॒क्रा: bright, radiant
• शु॒क्रा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शु॒क्र (prātipadika)

• एतु: let (her/it) come, may (she) go
• एतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• दे॒वी: the goddess
• दे॒वी: Kartā (apposition to शु॒क्रा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दे॒वी (prātipadika < देव)

• म॑नी॒षा: inspired thought, insight
• म॑नी॒षा: Kartā (apposition: the inspired thought)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनी॒षा (prātipadika)

• अ॒स्मत्: of us, our
• अ॒स्मत्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अ॒स्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• सु॒त॑ष्टः: well-fashioned
• सु॒त॑ष्टः: Kartā (apposition to रथः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-तष्ट (PPP; √तक्ष् ‘to fashion, carve’)

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: Kartā (subject of implied comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (prātipadika)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (indeclinable)

• वा॒जी: prize-winner; swift steed
• वा॒जी: Kartā (in comparison: ‘like a vājī’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वाजिन् (prātipadika)