Rig Veda 2.19.7: Mandala 2, Sukta 19, Mantra 7

Sukta 2.19

Rishi: Gṛtsamada

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एवा त इन्द्रोचथमहेम श्रवस्या न त्मना वाजयन्तः । अश्याम तत्साप्तमाशुषाणा ननमो वधरदेवस्य पीयोः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 2.19.7

Transliteration

evā́ ta indrocátham ahema śravasyā́ ná tmanā́ vājáyantaḥ | aśyā́ma tát sā́ptam āśuṣāṇā́ nanámo vádhar ádevasya pīyóḥ ||

Translation

Thus, O Indra, we would utter your laud for fame, striving by our own self to win the plenitudes. May we attain that seventh (step/realm), pressing forward; may the weapon of the godless, the swelling hostile force, bow down before us.

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Word by Word

• ए॒वा: thus, just so
• ए॒वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• त॑: to you
• त॑: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उ॒चथ॑महेम: we have uttered (a hymn of praise)
• उ॒चथ॑महेम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्थ (नाम) + मह्/मही (धातु ‘to rejoice/esteem’?)

• श्रव॒स्या: fame-seeking, glory-winning
• श्रव॒स्या: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक) → श्रवस्य (विशेषण)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• त्मना॑: by (our) own self, of ourselves
• त्मना॑: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘self, person’)

• वा॒जय॑न्तः: winning prizes, striving for booty
• वा॒जय॑न्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: वाजय् (धातु/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) ‘to win/drive for prize’

• अ॒श्याम: may we attain
• अ॒श्याम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु ‘to reach, obtain’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• साप्त॑म: the seventh
• साप्त॑म: Karma (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• आशुषा॒णा: hastening, speeding
• आशुषा॒णा: Kartā/हेतुः (क्रियाविशेषणवत्)
• Type: Participle
• Root: आ-शु (धातु ‘to hasten’)

• न॒नमः: we have bowed
• न॒नमः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु ‘to bow’)

• वध॒रदे॑वस्य: of the slaying god (epithet)
• वध॒रदे॑वस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वधरदेव (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘whose god is the weapon/striker’ / ‘slaying-god’ as epithet)

• पी॒योः: in/for the draught (Soma), of the drink
• पी॒योः: Adhikaraṇa/Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीयू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘drink, draught’; esp. Soma-draught)