Rig Veda 8.7.13: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 13

Sukta 8.7

Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (Mandala 8 context; exact rishi not specified here)

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (explicitly referenced; verse likely in Tr̥ṣṭubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नो रयिं मदच्युतं पुरुक्षुं विश्वधायसम् । इयर्ता मरुतो दिवः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.7.13

Transliteration

ā́ no rayíṃ mada-cyútaṃ puru-kṣúṃ viśvá-dhāyasam | íyartā maruto diváḥ ||

Translation

Bringt uns den ráyi, die Fülle, die vor Wonne überströmt, reich an Wachstum, allseitig tragend; setzt ihn zu uns in Bewegung, o Maruts vom Himmel.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (as preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun stem)

• रयिम्: wealth, riches
• रयिम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि- (prātipadika)

• मदच्युतम्: not slipping away in exhilaration / steadfast in intoxication (i.e., unfailing)
• मदच्युतम्: Karma (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद- + च्युत (from √च्यु / √च्यव् ‘to move, fall, slip’)

• पुरुक्षुम्: much-increasing, greatly thriving
• पुरुक्षुम्: Karma (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु- + क्षु- (prātipadika; Vedic adj.)

• विश्वधायसम्: bestowing in every way / universally distributing
• विश्वधायसम्: Karma (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व- + धायस- (prātipadika; ‘placing/disposing, bestowing’; from √धा ‘to place’)

• इयर्त: let (him/it) set in motion / bring
• इयर्त: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ईर् / √इर् (Vedic: ‘to set in motion, raise, impel’)

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: Kartā (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत्- (prātipadika)

• दिवः: of heaven / from the sky
• दिवः: Adhikaraṇa/Source-specifier (genitive: ‘of heaven/from heaven’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्- (prātipadika)