Rig Veda 7.29.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 29, Mantra 5

Sukta 7.29

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha family hymns dominate Maṇḍala 7; this verse continues the Indra praise typical of Vasiṣṭha diction)

Devata: Indra (with an implicit collective of Indra’s protective powers in ‘yūyam’)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable cadence typical of Indra hymns in Maṇḍala 7; this verse conforms to the triṣṭubh movement)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वोचेमेदिन्द्रं मघवानमेनं महो रायो राधसो यद्ददन्नः । यो अर्चतो ब्रह्मकृतिमविष्ठो यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

Transliteration

voceméd índraṃ maghávānam enaṃ mahó rāyó rā́dhaso yád dádann naḥ | yó árcato bráhma-kṛtim áviṣṭho yūyám pāta svastí-bhiḥ sádā naḥ ||

Translation

لِننطقْ حقًّا بإندرا، مَغهافان، سيّدِ الوفرة—ذلك القوّة الذي، إذ يمنحنا، يهبُ الثروةَ العظمى وتمامَ العطاء. هو الأشدُّ مبادرةً إلى نصرةِ المُرنِّم، مُنشئًا البراهمَن (القوّة المانتريّة الفاعلة): فلتَحْفَظْنا، يا قوى إندرا، دائمًا بسلامةٍ ورفاه.

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Word by Word

• वोचेम: may we speak / let us proclaim
• वोचेम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्

• इद्: indeed, just
• इद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (निपात)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र

• मघवानम्: the bountiful one
• मघवानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: मघवन्

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (एन-प्रयोग)

• महो: of great
• महो: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्

• रायः: wealth, riches
• रायः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/रायि (रायः)

• राधसः: of bounty, of gift
• राधसः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस्

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्

• ददत्: giving
• ददत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: दा

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्

• अर्चतः: of the praising/worshipping (one)
• अर्चतः: —
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: अर्च्

• ब्रह्मकृतिम्: the sacred formulation/act of prayer
• ब्रह्मकृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मकृति (ब्रह्मन् + कृति)

• अविष्ठः: most helpful / most protective
• अविष्ठः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविष्ठ (superlative of अव/अवन्?; Vedic superlative in -इष्ठ)

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• पात: protect!
• पात: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पालने)

• स्वस्तिभिः: with well-being, with blessings
• स्वस्तिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्