Rig Veda 7.18.17: Mandala 7, Sukta 18, Mantra 17
Sukta 7.18
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आध्रेण चित्तद्वेकं चकार सिंह्यं चित्पेत्वेना जघान । अव स्रक्तीर्वेश्यावृश्चदिन्द्रः प्रायच्छद्विश्वा भोजना सुदासे ॥
Transliteration
ādhreṇa cit tád vékaṁ cakāra siṁhyáṁ cit pétvenā jaghāna | áva sraktī́r veśyā́vṛścad índraḥ práyachad víśvā bhójanā sudā́se ||
Translation
حتى بالأداة «الواهية» جعله فعلاً واحداً حاسماً؛ وحتى القوة الأسدية صرعها بضربة واحدة. وقطع إندرا القيود المعلّقة لحياة العامة، ووهب لسوداس جميع قوى التمتّع والقوت والرزق.
Word by Word
आध्रेणwith/through the wet (weapon/means); by a moist (means)
आध्रेण:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootआध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even; indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वेकम्the weka (a hostile person/tribe-name)
वेकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेक (प्रातिपदिक)
चकारmade; did
चकार:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
सिंह्यम्lion-like; pertaining to Siṃhya (name/epithet)
सिंह्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसिंह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय)
पेत्वेनाwith/through Pétva (name; as an instrument/means)
पेत्वेना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपेत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
जघानslew; struck down
जघान:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
अवdown; away
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्रक्तीः(their) hanging locks/tresses; (also) garlands/pendants
स्रक्तीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्रक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
वेश्याः(their) settlements/dwellings (clan-homes)
वेश्याः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अवृश्चत्cut off; hewed down
अवृश्चत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootव्रश्च्
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रायच्छत्gave forth; bestowed
प्रायच्छत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-यम् (यच्छति)
विश्वाall
विश्वा:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भोजनाenjoyments; provisions; spoils
भोजना:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
सुदासेto Sudās
सुदासे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootसुदास (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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