Rig Veda 8.7.22: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 22

Sukta 8.7

Rishi: Kāṇva

Devata: Maruts with Indraic power (vajra motif; collective 'they' assembling cosmic supports)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; not fully verifiable from excerpt alone)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

समु त्ये महतीरपः सं क्षोणी समु सूर्यम् । सं वज्रं पर्वशो दधुः ॥

Transliteration

sám u tyé mahatī́r apáḥ sám kṣóṇī́ sám u sū́ryam | sám vájraṃ parváśo dadhúḥ ||

Translation

Together they set the great Waters in harmony; together the Earth; together the Sun; together they placed the thunderbolt joint by joint—assembling the powers for a single act of Truth.

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Word by Word

• सम्: together, wholly
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) अव्यय

• उ: indeed, just
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• त्ये: those (they)
• त्ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• महतीः: great
• महतीः: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• अपः: waters
• अपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/आप् (नदी/जल) प्रातिपदिक

• सम्: together
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) अव्यय

• क्षोणी: the earth, ground
• क्षोणी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षोणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) अव्यय

• सूर्यम्: the sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) अव्यय

• वज्रम्: the thunderbolt
• वज्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्वशः: joint by joint; in sections
• पर्वशः: Adverbial (रीति/विभाग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (अव्ययीभाव/तद्धित-अव्यय)

• दधुः: they placed, they set
• दधुः: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)