Rig Veda 10.79.7 - Mandala 10, Sukta 79, Mantra 7

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Rig Veda 10.79.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 79, Mantra 7

Sukta 10.79

Devata: Mitra (with Vasus); also implicit harnessing power (Agni/inner yoker) in the background

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विषूचो अश्वान्युयुजे वनेजा ऋजीतिभी रशनाभिर्गृभीतान् । चक्षदे मित्रो वसुभिः सुजातः समानृधे पर्वभिर्वावृधानः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.79.7

Transliteration

viṣū́co áśvān yuyuje vane-jā́ ṛ́jīti-bhī raśanā́bhir gṛbhītā́n | cakṣáde mitró vásubhiḥ su-jā́taḥ sám ānṛdhe párva-bhir vāvṛdhānáḥ ||

Translation

Der Waldgeborene schirrte die Pferde an, die in verschiedene Richtungen streben, gehalten von geradlaufenden Zügeln. Mitra, wohlgeboren mit den Vasus, schaute hin; an den Gelenken wachsend, gelangte er zu gemeinsamem Rechtmaß.

Word by Word

विषूचःcrosswise, in divergent directions

अश्वान्horses

युयुजे(he) yoked / has yoked

वनेजाforest-ranging

ऋजीतिभिःwith straight courses / with right-going tracks

रशनाभिःwith reins

गृभीतान्seized, held

चक्षदे(he) appeared / shone forth / became visible

मित्रःMitra

वसुभिःwith the Vasus

सुजातःwell-born, of good birth

सम्together, completely

आनृधे(he) attained fullness / prospered

पर्वभिःwith joints, segments (stages)

वावृधानःgrowing, increasing, waxing

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