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Rig Veda 10.23.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 23, Mantra 7

Sukta 10.23

Rishi: Vimadá (traditional attribution within the Vimadá cycle; also referenced explicitly in the verse)
Devata: Indra (as the sustaining friend and guide; with the seer’s alliance foregrounded)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for this section of RV 10; exact metrical scan not provided in input)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

माकिर्न एना सख्या वि यौषुस्तव चेन्द्र विमदस्य च ऋषेः । विद्मा हि ते प्रमतिं देव जामिवदस्मे ते सन्तु सख्या शिवानि ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.23.7
Transliteration

mā́kir na enā́ sakhyā́ ví yauṣus táva cendra vi-madásya ca ṛ́ṣeḥ | vidmā́ hí te prá-matiṃ deva jāmi-vád asmè te santu sakhyā́ śivā́ni ||

Translation

لا يَفْصِلَنَّ أحدٌ قطُّ هذه الصداقات—صداقتكَ يا إندرا وصداقَةَ الرِّشي ڤيمادا. فإنا نعرفُ هدايتَكَ المتقدِّمة، أيها الإله، قُربى كقُربى أهلِ البيت؛ فلتكنْ تلك الصداقاتُ لنا مُحسِنةً مُيمونةً.

Word by Word
माnot
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) अव्यय
किःanyone (someone)
किः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
एनाthus / in this way
एना:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootएना (इदम्-प्रकार सर्वनाम/अव्यय)
सख्याby friendship / through comradeship
सख्या:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसख्य (प्रातिपदिक; सखि-सम्बन्ध)
विapart, asunder
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
यौषुःmay he not separate / may he not part
यौषुः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootयुष् (धातु) + वि
तवof you / your
तव:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
विमदस्यof Vimad(a)
विमदस्य:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeProper Noun
Rootविमद (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
ऋषेःof the seer
ऋषेः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
विद्माwe know
विद्मा:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु: ‘to know’)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
तेyour
ते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
प्रमतिम्favor / wise intent / gracious thought
प्रमतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रमति (प्रातिपदिक)
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
जामिवत्like a kinsman
जामिवत्:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootजामि + वत् (तद्धित)
अस्मेto us / for us
अस्मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
तेyour
ते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
सन्तुlet there be / may they be
सन्तु:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु: ‘to be’)
सख्याfriendships / alliances
सख्या:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
शिवानिauspicious, kindly
शिवानि:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
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