Rig Veda 7.83.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 83, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.83

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra–Varuṇa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इन्द्रावरुणा वधनाभिरप्रति भेदं वन्वन्ता प्र सुदासमावतम् । ब्रह्माण्येषां शृणुतं हवीमनि सत्या तृत्सूनामभवत्पुरोहितिः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.83.4

Transliteration

indrā́varuṇā vadhánābhir apratí bhédáṃ vanvántā prá sudā́sam āvatam | bráhmāṇy eṣāṃ śṛṇutaṃ hávīmani satyā́ tṛ́tsūnām abhavat puróhitiḥ ||

Translation

O Indra and Varuṇa, with your slaying powers you shattered the resistance that could not be withstood; you brought forward your aid to Sudās. Hear their mantras in the offering-march: the true guiding will (purohita-force) became established for the Tṛtsus, leading them in the front of the journey.

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Word by Word

• इन्द्रा: O Indra (as one of the pair)
• इन्द्रा: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुणा: O Varuṇa (as one of the pair)
• वरुणा: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• वधनाभिः: with weapons / with means of smiting
• वधनाभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वधन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘weapon/means of striking’)

• अप्रति: irresistibly; without opposition
• अप्रति: विशेषण (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ- + प्रति (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• भेदम्: a breach; a breaking (of the enemy/obstacle)
• भेदम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेद (प्रातिपदिक; from √भिद्)

• वन्वन्ता: pressing on; pursuing
• वन्वन्ता: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वन्/वन्व् (to strive, press on, pursue)

• प्र: forth; forward
• प्र: विशेषण (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• सुदासम्: Sudās (the king)
• सुदासम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदास (प्रातिपदिक; proper name)

• आवतम्: you two helped / protected
• आवतम्: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अव् (to help, protect, favour) with आ-

• ब्रह्माणि: the sacred hymns / prayers
• ब्रह्माणि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; hymn, sacred formulation)

• एषाम्: of these (men/people)
• एषाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शृणुतम्: hear (you two)!
• शृणुतम्: कर्तृ (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (to hear)

• हवीमनि: in the offering; at the oblation
• हवीमनि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हवीमन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘oblation/act of offering’, Vedic)

• सत्या: true; faithful
• सत्या: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• तृत्सूनाम्: of the Tṛtsus
• तृत्सूनाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृत्सु (प्रातिपदिक; clan-name)

• अभवत्: became; was
• अभवत्: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (to be, become)

• पुरोहितिः: the purohita-priest (chaplain)
• पुरोहितिः: कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोहिति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘priest placed in front’, chaplain)