Rig Veda 7.82.9: Mandala 7, Sukta 82, Mantra 9

Sukta 7.82

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra-Varuṇa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अस्माकमिन्द्रावरुणा भरेभरे पुरोयोधा भवतं कृष्ट्योजसा । यद्वां हवन्त उभये अध स्पृधि नरस्तोकस्य तनयस्य सातिषु ॥

Transliteration

asmā́kam indrāvaruṇā bháre-bhare puroyodhā́ bhavataṃ kṛ́ṣṭyojasā | yád vāṃ hávanta ubháye ádha spṛdhí náras tókasyá tánayasya sātíṣu ||

Translation

Oh Indra y Varuṇa, en cada embate sed nuestros campeones al frente, con la fuerza que sostiene a los pueblos. Cuando ambos bandos os invocan, entonces concedednos, oh héroes, la victoria—en los triunfos por nuestro hijo y nuestra descendencia.

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Word by Word

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (possessive/genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रावरुणा: O Indra and Varuṇa
• इन्द्रावरुणा: सम्बोधन (addressed deities)
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: इन्द्र + वरुण (देव-नाम; समास)

• भरे: in battle
• भरे: अधिकरण (in/at)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर (धातु)

• भरे: in battle
• भरे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर (धातु)

• पुरोयोधा: fore-fighters, champions in front
• पुरोयोधा: कर्तृ (predicate-nominative of the addressed deities)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: पुरस्/पुरः + योध (युध् धातु से ‘योध’)

• भवतम्: be (you two)
• भवतम्: क्रिया (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• कृष्ट्योजसा: with (your) people-strength / with the strength of the clans
• कृष्ट्योजसा: करण (by/with strength)
• Type: Noun (compound/instrumental)
• Root: कृष्टि (स्त्री; ‘people/settlements’) + ओजस् (नपुंसक; ‘strength’)

• यत्: when; that
• यत्: सम्बन्ध (introduces relative clause)
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• वाम्: you two
• वाम्: कर्म (object of calling)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक)

• हवन्ते: they invoke, call
• हवन्ते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वे/ह्वा (धातु ‘to call, invoke’)

• उभये: both (sides), both parties
• उभये: कर्तृ (subject of ‘हवन्ते’)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: उभय (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध: then, thereupon
• अध: सम्बन्ध (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (निपात)

• स्पृधि: fight!, contend!
• स्पृधि: क्रिया (injunction; addressed to one—often distributive to the pair)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृध् (धातु ‘to contend, fight, strive’)

• नरः: men
• नरः: कर्तृ (subject of implied action/participants in contest)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• तोकस्य: of offspring, of the child
• तोकस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitival: of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• तनयस्य: of the son, of progeny
• तनयस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)

• सातिषु: in winnings, in victories
• सातिषु: अधिकरण (in/among)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साति (स्त्री; ‘winning, gaining, victory’)