Rig Veda 7.19.11: Mandala 7, Sukta 19, Mantra 11

Sukta 7.19

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra (with implicit company of allied powers in yūyam)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू इन्द्र शूर स्तवमान ऊती ब्रह्मजूतस्तन्वा वावृधस्व । उप नो वाजान्मिमीह्युप स्तीन्यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

Transliteration

nū́ índra śūra stávamāna ūtī́ bráhmajūtas tanvā̀ vāvṛdhasva | úpa no vā́jān mimīhy úpa stī́n yūyáṃ pāta svastíbhiḥ sádā naḥ ||

Translation

الآن، يا إندرا البطل، إذ تُسبَّح، فازددْ عونًا—مدفوعًا بالـbrahman (كلمةِ الحقّ في الروح)—وازددْ نموًّا في جسدِ قوّتِك. شيِّدْ لنا الـvāja (فيضَ القوّة والوفرة)، وثبِّتْ لنا مقاماتِنا الراسخة؛ واحفظْنا دائمًا بسلامةٍ وعافية.

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Word by Word

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र

• शूर: O hero, valiant one
• शूर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शूर

• स्तवमानः: praising (you)
• स्तवमानः: Kartā (of the participial action ‘praising’)
• Type: Participle (Adjective) from verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तवमान (प्रातिपदिक) वर्तमान कृदन्त

• ऊती: with help, with aid
• ऊती: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति

• ब्रह्मजूतः: impelled/quickened by prayer (brahman)
• ब्रह्मजूतः: Kartā (qualifier of the subject) / Karaṇa-sense in compound (‘impelled by’)
• Type: Adjective (compound) सहभागी
• Root: ब्रह्म + जूत (PPP from √जु/जव् ‘to impel, speed, set in motion’)

• तन्वा: with (your) body/self
• तन्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू

• वावृधस्व: grow strong; increase
• वावृधस्व: — (finite verb; addressee as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध्

• उप: towards, near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary) / Śeṣa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वाजान्: prizes; strengths; spoils
• वाजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज

• मिमीहि: apportion; mete out
• मिमीहि: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मा (मि) ‘to measure, mete out, apportion’

• उप: towards, near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• स्तीनि: possessions; goods; stores
• स्तीनि: Karma (with implied verb ‘protect/keep’) / object of ‘up’ in sense ‘near our…’
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्ती (स्ति) / स्ती- (Vedic noun)

• ऊयम्: indeed; just so
• ऊयम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable/Particle
• Root: ऊयम् (Vedic form; pronominal/particle-like, emphatic)

• पात: protect
• पात: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (to protect) / √पा (to drink) — here ‘protect’

• स्वस्तिभिः: with well-beings; with blessings
• स्वस्तिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति

• सदा: always
• सदा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary) / Śeṣa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्