Rig Veda 10.23.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 23, Mantra 7

Sukta 10.23

Rishi: Vimadá (traditional attribution within the Vimadá cycle; also referenced explicitly in the verse)

Devata: Indra (as the sustaining friend and guide; with the seer’s alliance foregrounded)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for this section of RV 10; exact metrical scan not provided in input)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

माकिर्न एना सख्या वि यौषुस्तव चेन्द्र विमदस्य च ऋषेः । विद्मा हि ते प्रमतिं देव जामिवदस्मे ते सन्तु सख्या शिवानि ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.23.7

Transliteration

mā́kir na enā́ sakhyā́ ví yauṣus táva cendra vi-madásya ca ṛ́ṣeḥ | vidmā́ hí te prá-matiṃ deva jāmi-vád asmè te santu sakhyā́ śivā́ni ||

Translation

Que nadie quebrante estas amistades: la tuya, oh Indra, y la del ṛṣi Vimadá. Pues conocemos tu guía que conduce hacia delante, oh Dios, íntima como la de un miembro de la misma casa; que esas amistades sean para nosotros benéficas y auspiciosas.

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Word by Word

• मा: not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) अव्यय

• किः: anyone (someone)
• किः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• एना: thus / in this way
• एना: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एना (इदम्-प्रकार सर्वनाम/अव्यय)

• सख्या: by friendship / through comradeship
• सख्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (प्रातिपदिक; सखि-सम्बन्ध)

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• यौषुः: may he not separate / may he not part
• यौषुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: युष् (धातु) + वि

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• विमदस्य: of Vimad(a)
• विमदस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: विमद (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ऋषेः: of the seer
• ऋषेः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• विद्मा: we know
• विद्मा: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु: ‘to know’)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• ते: your
• ते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• प्रमतिम्: favor / wise intent / gracious thought
• प्रमतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमति (प्रातिपदिक)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• जामिवत्: like a kinsman
• जामिवत्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जामि + वत् (तद्धित)

• अस्मे: to us / for us
• अस्मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ते: your
• ते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• सन्तु: let there be / may they be
• सन्तु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु: ‘to be’)

• सख्या: friendships / alliances
• सख्या: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• शिवानि: auspicious, kindly
• शिवानि: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)