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

Mögen wir Indra aussprechen — diesen Maghavan, den Herrn der Fülle, der, uns gebend, den großen Reichtum und die freigebige Fülle der Gaben verleiht. Er ist der bereitwilligste Helfer des Sängers, der das Brahman (die wirksame mantrische Kraft) gestaltet. Ihr, Indras Mächte, behütet uns allezeit mit heilvollen Svasti-Segen.

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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