Rig Veda 3.32.7: Mandala 3, Sukta 32, Mantra 7

Sukta 3.32

Rishi: Gāthin Viśvāmitra (traditional attribution for RV 3.32)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यजाम इन्नमसा वृद्धमिन्द्रं बृहन्तमृष्वमजरं युवानम् । यस्य प्रिये ममतुर्यज्ञियस्य न रोदसी महिमानं ममाते ॥

Transliteration

yajā́ma ín namasā vṛ́ddham índraṃ bṛhántam ṛṣvám ajáraṃ yúvānam | yásya priyé mamatúr yajñíyasya ná ródasī mahimā́naṃ mamā́te ||

Translation

We worship with obeisance Indra, grown vast, the mighty and uplifted, ageless and ever-young. In the delight of that lovable, sacrifice-worthy power, neither Heaven nor Earth can measure his greatness.

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Word by Word

• यजामः: we worship / we sacrifice
• यजामः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (निपात) / इत् (निपात)

• नमसा: with reverence, by homage
• नमसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्

• वृद्धम्: grown, great
• वृद्धम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र

• बृहन्तम्: lofty, vast
• बृहन्तम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त्

• ऋष्वम्: towering, exalted
• ऋष्वम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋष्व

• अजरम्: unaging
• अजरम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजर

• युवानम्: youthful
• युवानम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युवन्

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• प्रिये: in/at the dear (place/thing); in what is dear
• प्रिये: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्रिय

• ममतुः: the two (heaven and earth) rejoiced / exulted
• ममतुः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मम् (धातु, ‘to rejoice/be glad’, वैदिक)

• यज्ञियस्य: of the worshipful, of the sacrificial-worthy
• यज्ञियस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय

• न: not
• न: (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• रोदसी: the two worlds (Heaven and Earth)
• रोदसी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (dual) / fixed Vedic expression
• Root: रोदसी (द्यावापृथिव्यौ)

• महिमानम्: greatness, majesty
• महिमानम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन्

• ममाते: measures out / encompasses
• ममाते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (धातु, ‘to measure’, वैदिक)