Rig Veda 7.60.11: Mandala 7, Sukta 60, Mantra 11

Sukta 7.60

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Contextually Āditya-aligned ethic of offering; verse is more general (praise of right offering and its fruits)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यो ब्रह्मणे सुमतिमायजाते वाजस्य सातौ परमस्य रायः । सीक्षन्त मन्युं मघवानो अर्य उरु क्षयाय चक्रिरे सुधातु ॥

Transliteration

yó bráhmaṇe sumatím ā́yajāte vā́jasya sātáu paramásya rā́yaḥ | sī́kṣanta manyúṃ maghávāno aryá urú kṣayā́ya cakrire sudhā́tu ||

Translation

مَن يقدِّمُ للـ«برهمن» (Brahman) فِكرةً حسنةً، يَفُزْ في الظَّفَرِ بامتلاءِ القوّة (vāja) وبأعلى سعادةٍ من الغِنى. إنّ الكرماءَ النبلاءَ يَشحذون حميّتَهم؛ وقد أقاموا مَسكناً فسيحاً لِلنماءِ المُستقرّ—مُحكماً راسخاً (sudhātu).

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणे: to/for the sacred formulation (brahman), to the priestly power
• ब्रह्मणे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्

• सुमतिम्: good thought, good counsel
• सुमतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-मति (मति)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• यजाते: worships, sacrifices
• यजाते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्

• वाजस्य: of prize/strength (vāja)
• वाजस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज

• सातौ: in the winning, in the gaining
• सातौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: साति

• परमस्य: of the highest
• परमस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम

• रायः: of wealth, of bounty
• रायः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/रायि (रायः)

• सीक्षन्त: they sought/learned, they strove for
• सीक्षन्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: शिक्ष्/सिक्ष् (वेद. ‘सीक्ष्’)

• मन्युम्: wrath, spirited resolve
• मन्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु

• मघवानः: the bountiful ones (patrons), generous men
• मघवानः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (epithet) / Adjective
• Root: मघवन्

• अर्यः: the Arya (noble man/leader)
• अर्यः: Kartā (apposition/collective leader) / Sambodhana-like epithet
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्य

• उरु: wide, broadly
• उरु: —
• Type: Adjective (indeclinable in form here) / Adverbial
• Root: उरु

• क्षयाय: for dwelling, for a home/abode
• क्षयाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चक्रिरे: they have made, they fashioned
• चक्रिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ

• सुधातु: well-established, well-ordered (firmly set)
• सुधातु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-धातु