Rig Veda 8.7.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.7
Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (Mandala 8 context; exact rishi not specified here)
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (explicitly referenced; verse likely in Tr̥ṣṭubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र यद्वस्त्रिष्टुभमिषं मरुतो विप्रो अक्षरत् । वि पर्वतेषु राजथ ॥
Transliteration
prá yád vaḥ tri-stúbham íṣaṃ marúto vípro ákṣarat | ví párvateṣu rājatha ||
Translation
Jab koi rishi Marut devtaon ke liye bolta hai, woh unhe taakat deta hai. Tab Marut pahadiyon mein chamakne lagte hain. Wahan unka raj chalata hai. Yeh dikha raha hai ki bhagwan ki taakat sab jagah kaam karti hai.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
यत्which, that which
यत्:
Karma (of √अक्षर्) / correlating relative
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-stem)
वःof you (your)
वः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor) with त्रिष्टुभम्/इषम्
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
त्रिष्टुभम्(a) Triṣṭubh (hymn/verse in the Triṣṭubh metre)
त्रिष्टुभम्:
Karma (object of √अक्षर्) in apposition with इषम्
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिष्टुभ् (prātipadika; name of a Vedic metre)
इषम्refreshment, invigorating draught; nourishment
इषम्:
Karma (object of √अक्षर्)
TypeNoun
Rootइष् (prātipadika) / इषा
मरुतःO Maruts
मरुतः:
Sambodhana (addressed deity)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (prātipadika)
विप्रःthe inspired poet/seer
विप्रः:
Kartā (subject of √अक्षर्)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (prātipadika)
अक्षरत्poured forth, let flow, streamed
अक्षरत्:
Kriyā (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√अक्षर् (अक्षरति) / √क्षर् with preverb? (Vedic aorist form)
विapart, widely, in various directions
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (upasarga)
पर्वतेषुon/among the mountains
पर्वतेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (locus)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (prātipadika)
राजथyou rule, you shine forth/are splendid
राजथ:
Kriyā (finite verb); Kartā = मरुतः (understood)
TypeVerb
Root√राज् (राजति) (Vedic finite form)
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