Rig Veda 7.32.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 32, Mantra 2
Sukta 7.32
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इमे हि ते ब्रह्मकृतः सुते सचा मधौ न मक्ष आसते । इन्द्रे कामं जरितारो वसूयवो रथे न पादमा दधुः ॥
Transliteration
imé hí te brahmakṛ́taḥ suté sacā́ mádhau ná mákṣa āsate | índre kā́maṃ jaritā́ro vasūyávo ráthe ná pā́dam ā́ dadhuḥ ||
Translation
These makers of the mantra sit with your pressed soma as if in honeyed sweetness; desiring the riches of being, the praisers have set their footing in Indra, as one sets a foot on the chariot-step.
Word by Word
इमेthese
इमे:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed/for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
तेfor you/to you
ते:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मकृतःhymn-makers / makers of sacred speech
ब्रह्मकृतः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootब्रह्मन् + कृ (कृदन्त-समासः)
सुतेin the pressed soma
सुते:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun (locative)
Rootसु (धातु) → सुत (कृदन्त)
सचाtogether/along with
सचा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसचा
मधौin sweetness; in honey (i.e., sweet soma)
मधौ:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike/as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
मक्षाःflies
मक्षाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
आसतेthey sit/settle
आसते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootआस् (धातु)
इन्द्रेin/with Indra
इन्द्रे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
कामम्desire/wish
कामम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
जरितारःthe singers/praisers
जरितारः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √जर्/गॄ? ‘to sing/praise’ → ‘singer, praiser’)
वसूयवःseeking wealth
वसूयवः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (substantive)
Rootवसूयु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वसु’ + इच्छार्थक-यु)
रथेon/in a chariot
रथे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike/as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
पादम्a step/footing; a place
पादम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards; unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ
दधुःthey have placed/they set
दधुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
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