Rig Veda 7.32.13: Mandala 7, Sukta 32, Mantra 13
Sukta 7.32
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha-gotra; Mandala 7 is Vasiṣṭha’s family book)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; typical for RV 7.32)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मन्त्रमखर्वं सुधितं सुपेशसं दधात यज्ञियेष्वा । पूर्वीश्चन प्रसितयस्तरन्ति तं य इन्द्रे कर्मणा भुवत् ॥
Transliteration
mántram ákharvaṃ súdhitaṃ supéśasaṃ dádhāta yajñíyeṣv ā́ | pū́rvīś cana prásitayas taranti táṃ yá índre kármaṇā bhúvat ||
Translation
Setze in den Opferhandlungen (yajña) das ungebrochene Mantra, wohlgeschmiedet, von schöner Gestalt. Selbst die uralten Antriebe setzen hinüber zu dem, der durch Werke in Indra wirksam wird.
Word by Word
मन्त्रम्hymn/formula
मन्त्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) < √मन् (मन्त्रणे/चिन्तने)
अखर्वम्unbroken, not defective
अखर्वम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-खर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
सुधितम्well-set, well-arranged
सुधितम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (Participle)
Rootसु-धित (कृदन्त; √धा/√धि ‘धारण/स्थापन’ → धित ‘placed/arranged’)
सुपेशसम्well-adorned, beautiful
सुपेशसम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-पेशस् (प्रातिपदिक; पेशस् ‘beauty/ornament’)
दधातlet him place/establish
दधात:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (दधाति)
यज्ञियेषुamong the worshippers/ritualists
यज्ञियेषु:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootयज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
(क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
पूर्वीःmany former/earlier
पूर्वीः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्वी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘former/earlier’)
चand
च:
(समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नindeed, surely
न:
(निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
प्रसितयःimpulses/advances, forward settings
प्रसितयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-√सि/√सा (प्रसरणे) → प्रसिति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘advance/impulse/setting-forth’)
तरन्तिthey cross over, pass beyond
तरन्ति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√तॄ (तरणे)
तम्him/that one
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
इन्द्रेin/with Indra
इन्द्रे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
कर्मणाby (his) deed/action
कर्मणा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवत्let him be / may he become
भुवत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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