Rig Veda 7.21.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 21, Mantra 5

Sukta 7.21

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न यातव इन्द्र जूजुवुर्नो न वन्दना शविष्ठ वेद्याभिः । स शर्धदर्यो विषुणस्य जन्तोर्मा शिश्नदेवा अपि गुॠतं नः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.21.5

Transliteration

ná yātáva indra jūjuvur no ná vándanā śaviṣṭha vedyā́bhiḥ | sá śardhad aryó víṣuṇasya jántor mā́ śiśnádevā́ ápi guḥ ṛtáṃ naḥ ||

Translation

لا تدعْ أيها إندرا المتجوّلين يقهروننا، ولا المديحَ الأجوفَ بما لديهم من معارفَ طقسية، يا أشدَّ الأقوياء. ليكسرِ الشريفُ اندفاعَ الكائنِ المعوجّ؛ ولا تدعْ عابدي الآلهة الزائفة يغطّون رِتانا (ṛta).

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• यातवः: sorcerers, demons (yātus)
• यातवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातु (प्रातिपदिक) / यातु-

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sampradāna (addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• जूजुवुः: have overcome / have prevailed
• जूजुवुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: जु (धातु) / जूजु (intensive stem)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• न: nor / not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वन्दना: praise, adoration
• वन्दना: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) < √वन्द्

• शविष्ठ: O most mighty
• शविष्ठ: Sampradāna (addressed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शविष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) < शवीयस्/शवस्

• वेद्याभिः: by/with (our) worthy/acceptable (acts/offerings)
• वेद्याभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वेद्य (प्रातिपदिक) < √विद् (to know) → ‘to be known/fit to be found/attained’

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• शर्धत्: let him repel / may he drive off
• शर्धत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: शर्ध् (धातु) / शर्ध (to drive off, repel, overpower)

• अर्यः: the noble one (Arya)
• अर्यः: Kartā (apposition to सः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• विषुणस्य: of the hostile/poisonous one (Vedic epithet)
• विषुणस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: विषुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• जन्तोः: of the creature/person
• जन्तोः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• शिश्नदेवाः: phallus-worshippers / obscene ‘deities’ (a hostile group)
• शिश्नदेवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिश्नदेव (प्रातिपदिक) = शिश्न + देव

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• गुहृतम्: the hidden (treasure/wealth)
• गुहृतम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (past passive) used as adjective/noun
• Root: गुहृत (प्रातिपदिक) < √गुह् (to hide) + क्त

• नः: our / of us
• नः: Sampradāna (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्