Rig Veda 7.91.7: Mandala 7, Sukta 91, Mantra 7

Sukta 7.91

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (family: Vasiṣṭhāḥ)

Devata: Indra-Vāyu (dual)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; confirm via metrical index)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अर्वन्तो न श्रवसो भिक्षमाणा इन्द्रवायू सुष्टुतिभिर्वसिष्ठाः । वाजयन्तः स्ववसे हुवेम यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

Transliteration

árvanto na śrávaso bhíkṣamāṇā indrāvāyū suṣṭutíbhir vásiṣṭhāḥ | vājáyantaḥ svávase huvema yūyáṃ pāta svastíbhiḥ sádā naḥ ||

Translation

Like eager steeds seeking fame, we Vasiṣṭhas ask you with well-fashioned hymns, O Indra and Vāyu. Striving to win the plenitude of force for our own self-mastery, we call you; do you guard us always with your harmonies of well-being.

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Word by Word

• अर्वन्तः: swift horses (steeds)
• अर्वन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्वन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• श्रवसः: of fame, of glory
• श्रवसः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भिक्षमाणाः: begging, seeking
• भिक्षमाणाः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: भिक्ष् (धातु) → भिक्षमाण (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय, वर्तमानकाले)

• इन्द्रवायू: O Indra and Vāyu
• इन्द्रवायू: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: इन्द्र-वायु (समास; द्वन्द्व/युग्मदेवता)

• सुष्टुतिभिः: with good praises, with fine hymns
• सुष्टुतिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्ग ‘सु’ + स्तुति)

• वसिष्ठाः: the Vasiṣṭhas (Vasiṣṭha’s clan/poets)
• वसिष्ठाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषिनाम)

• वाजयन्तः: seeking to win prizes; making (us) win
• वाजयन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: वाजय् (धातु; denominative/causative sense ‘to make win/bring prize’) → वाजयन्त् (वर्तमानकाले शतृ)

• स्ववसे: for (our/your) own aid, for self-help
• स्ववसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्ववस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘own good/aid, self-power’)

• हुवेम: let us call/invoke
• हुवेम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हू (धातु)

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पात: protect!
• पात: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु ‘to protect’)

• स्वस्तिभिः: with well-being, with blessings
• स्वस्तिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदा: always
• सदा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)

• नः: us; for us / of us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)