Rig Veda 7.33.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 33, Mantra 5
Sukta 7.33
- Rishi
- Vasiṣṭha
- Devata
- Indra
- Chandas
- Triṣṭubh
- Rasa
- Vira (heroism) and Shanta (peace)
उद्द्यामिवेत्तृष्णजो नाथितासोऽदीधयुर्दाशराज्ञे वृतासः । वसिष्ठस्य स्तुवत इन्द्रो अश्रोदुरुं तृत्सुभ्यो अकृणोदु लोकम् ॥
ud dyā́m ivét tṛṣṇájo nāthitā́so ’dīdhayur dāśarājñé vṛtā́saḥ | vásiṣṭhasya stuvatá índro aśrod urúṃ tṛ́tsubhyo akṛṇod u lokám ||
दस राजाओं की लड़ाई में लोग इतना जोश में थे जैसे आसमान तक जाना हो। वशिष्ठ रिशि की प्रार्थना सुन के इंद्र ने उनकी मदद की। उसने त्रित्सु के लिए एक बड़ा रास्ता बनाया, जहाँ वो आराम से रह सकें।
Word by Word
- उद्
- up, forthIndeclinableउपसर्ग/अव्ययRoot उद् (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक
- द्याम्
- the heaven (sky)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचनRole KarmaRoot द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
- इव
- like, asIndeclinableउपमा-अव्ययRoot इव
- इत्तृṣ्णजः
- thirsting ones, those driven by thirstAdjective/Nounपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचनRole KartāRoot तृष्णज् (प्रातिपदिक; तृष्णा + ज् ‘जन्/ज’ = तृष्ण-जन्य/तृष्णया प्रेरित)
- नाथितासः
- imploring, seeking aidParticiple (Adj./Noun)पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचनRole KartāRoot नाथित (कृदन्त; √नाथ्/√नाथय् ‘to seek help, to implore’)
- अदीधयुः
- they kindled/they set (him) ablaze; they rousedVerbलिट् (परस्मैपद); प्रथमा; बहुवचनRole KriyāRoot √धी/√धि (दीधयति; desiderative/intensive-type reduplication)
- दाशराज्ञे
- for Dāśarājña (the Dāśarājña king/one connected with the Ten Kings)Noun (proper/epithet)पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी; एकवचनRole SampradānaRoot दाशराज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दाशराज्ञ’ = दाशराज्ञ-सम्बन्धिन्/नाम)
- वृतासः
- chosen/accepted (devotees), devoted onesParticiple (Adj./Noun)पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचनRole KartāRoot वृत (कृदन्त; √वृ ‘to choose/accept’ or √वृ ‘to cover’; in RV often ‘chosen/accepted, devoted’)
- वसिष्ठस्य
- of VasiṣṭhaNoun (proper)पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचनRole SambandhaRoot वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)
- स्तुवतः
- of (him) praising; of the praiserParticipleपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचनRole SambandhaRoot स्तुवत् (कृदन्त; √स्तु ‘to praise’)
- इन्द्रः
- IndraNounपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनRole KartāRoot इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
- अश्रौद्
- he heardVerbलुङ् (आगम-युक्त aorist); प्रथमा; एकवचन; परस्मैपदRole KriyāRoot √श्रु (to hear)
- उरुम्
- wide, broadAdjectiveपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचनRole KarmaRoot उरु (प्रातिपदिक)
- तृत्सुभ्यः
- for the TṛtsusNounपुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी; बहुवचनRole SampradānaRoot तृत्सु (प्रातिपदिक; जन-नाम)
- अकृणोत्
- he madeVerbलुङ् (aorist); प्रथमा; एकवचन; परस्मैपदRole KriyāRoot √कृ (to make)
- उ
- indeed, verilyIndeclinableनिपात (emphatic/confirmatory)Root उ
- लोकम्
- place, realm, worldNounपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचनRole KarmaRoot लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Sandhi Notes
- पदच्छेद (मुख्य): उद् + द्याम् + इव + इत्तृṣ्णजः + नाथितासः + अदीधयुः + दाशराज्ञे + वृतासः । वसिष्ठस्य + स्तुवतः + इन्द्रः + अश्रौद् + उरुम् + तृत्सुभ्यः + अकृणोत् + उ + लोकम् ॥ Sandhi: (1) उद्द्याम् = उद् + द्याम् (व्यञ्जन-सन्धि: द् + द् → द्द्). (2) इवेत्… reflects इव + इत्… (निपात ‘इत्’ attached; in Saṃhitā written together). (3) नाथितासोऽदीधयुः = नाथितासः + अदीधयुः (विसर्ग-सन्धि: -अः + अ- → -ओऽ-). (4) अश्रोदुरुम् = अश्रौद् + उरुम् (द् + उ- → दु- in Saṃhitā junction). (5) अकृणोदु = अकृणोत् + उ (त् + उ → दु, Saṃhitā sandhi). Accent marks in the given text are Saṃhitā-svaras
- pada-forms here are given without explicit accent marking
The meaning
Outer meaning
The thirst-born, seeking ones kindled as if up to heaven in the battle of the Ten Kings. Indra heard Vasiṣṭha’s praise and made for the Tṛtsus a wide place, a free space/world.
Inner meaning
In the crisis of many competing impulses, the aspirants (tṛṣṇajaḥ nāthitāsaḥ) ignite their inner fire of effort—an uprising toward the heights of consciousness (‘as if to heaven’). This thirst is not mere desire but the soul’s longing for the higher. Indra, the illumined Mind, responds to the authentic praise (stuti) of the established seer-state (Vasiṣṭha) and creates uruṃ lokam: a wide inner space—release from constriction, fear, and mental siege—so the right-moving nature (Tṛtsu) can live and act freely in truth.
Universal truth
When aspiration becomes intense and sincere, and when one aligns with a steadied wisdom, illumination answers by creating inner space—freedom from pressure and narrowing circumstances—so life can reorganize around a truer movement.
Themes
Ten Kings battle, Indra hears the hymn, Uru loka (wide space), Release from obstruction
The seer
- Rishi
- Vasiṣṭha
- Lineage
- Vasiṣṭha-gotra
- Other hymns
- RV 7.18 (victory and widening), RV 7.19 (Indra praise), RV 7.33 (self-description of Vasiṣṭhas)
Family tradition
Vasiṣṭha as the voice that stabilizes aspiration into effective mantra; associated with giving ‘wide space’ to the Tṛtsus in the narrative tradition of Maṇḍala 7.
Significance
Vasiṣṭha’s stuti represents praise that is also knowledge—speech that opens the being. It is the ‘established’ consciousness that can be heard by Indra without distortion.
The deity
- Devata
- Indra
- Epithets
- Śrāvayitā (hearer) (implied by aśrot), Purandara (breaker of forts) (implied by making wide space)
- Related deities
- Agni (kindling effort), Soma (delight that fuels aspiration), Uṣas (opening light that follows widening)
Cosmic role
Responds to true call; breaks inner sieges and grants wideness; establishes victorious field for right action.
Inner power
Hearing-power of the illumined mind—discerning the true vibration—and the capacity to create spaciousness and possibility.
In ritual
Where it is used
Indra praise in Soma context; also suitable as a stotra for ‘room-making’ (widening) and victory.
उद्द्यामि॒वेत्तृ॒ष्णजो॑ नाथि॒तासोऽदी॑धयुर्दाशरा॒ज्ञे वृ॒तास॑: । वसि॑ष्ठस्य स्तुव॒त इन्द्रो॑ अश्रोदु॒रुं तृत्सु॑भ्यो अकृणोदु लो॒कम् ॥
उत् । द्याम्ऽइ॑व । इत् । तृ॒ष्णऽजः॑ । ना॒थि॒तासः॑ । अदी॑धयुः । दा॒श॒ऽरा॒ज्ञे । वृ॒तासः॑ । वसि॑ष्ठस्य । स्तु॒व॒तः । इन्द्रः॑ । अ॒श्रो॒त् । उ॒रुम् । तृत्सु॑ऽभ्यः । अ॒कृ॒णो॒त् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । लो॒कम् ॥
ut | dyām-iva | it | tṛṣṇa-jaḥ | nāthitāsaḥ | adīdhayuḥ | dāśa-rājñe | vṛtāsaḥ | vas iṣṭhasya | stuvataḥ | indraḥ | aśrot | urum | tṛtsu-bhyaḥ | akṛṇot | oṃ iti | lokam
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Ascending drive in the first half (ud dyām iva), then a resolving breadth in ‘uruṃ lokam’.
Moves the listener from pressure to release; a felt expansion in the chest and brow as the verse concludes.
- तृष्णजः (tṛṣṇajaḥ)
- Literal: born of thirst. Symbolic: ardent longing for the higher; tapas-driven aspiration
- नाथितासः (nāthitāsaḥ)
- Literal: seeking help/refuge. Symbolic: the soul turning to the Divine for guidance beyond ego-capacity
- अदीधयुः (adīdhayuḥ)
- Literal: they kindled. Symbolic: they awakened the inner fire of effort and will
- उद् द्याम् इव (ud dyām iva)
- Literal: as if up to heaven. Symbolic: uprising of consciousness toward the higher mind/illumined plane
- स्तुवतः (stuvataḥ)
- Literal: of the praising one. Symbolic: true affirmation/utterance that aligns mind with the Real
- उरुम् लोकम् (uruṃ lokam)
- Literal: wide world/space. Symbolic: inner wideness and freedom; release from constriction and siege
Historical exemplum in praise: efficacy of Vasiṣṭha’s stuti in obtaining Indra’s hearing and the gift of ‘uru loka’—used to affirm results of right invocation
When seeking relief from constriction—social conflict, mental siege, or obstacles in enterprise—paired with Indra invocations.
Chanting as stuti to ‘be heard’ (aśrot) by the deity; offering of intention and aspiration.
Use before difficult conversations or high-pressure tasks: chant to shift from cramped reactivity into wide, clear response.
tṛṣṇā ‘thirst’ (√tṛṣ) becomes aspiration; nāthita ‘seeking refuge/help’ frames the human condition. vṛta ‘enclosed’ echoes Vṛtra/obstruction semantics (√vṛ ‘cover’). √śru ‘hear’ indicates divine response to praise. uru-loka ‘wide world’ is a recurrent RV boon: expansion of consciousness-field and freedom for the right movement.
aspiration (tṛṣṇā) as upward drive, release from enclosure (vṛta) into wide world (uru loka), divine hearing as response to true speech (śru)
Wideness (uru loka) is the field where ṛta can operate unobstructed.
Indra ‘hears’ the true vibration; sincerity is causal.
From kindling to heavenward ascent to creation of a new ‘world’ (loka) within consciousness.
Integral-yogic reading: loka as plane/space of consciousness opened by illumination.
Sky = higher mind; fire = awakened will; wide horizon = expanded awareness beyond ego-narrowness.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The ‘wide space’ boon (uru loka) granted by Indra upon hearing the seer’s praise: mythically, victory and territory; inwardly, expansion of consciousness and liberation from enclosure (vṛta) through aspiration and the true Word.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √śru (PIE *ḱleu- ‘hear’; cf. Greek klýō, English loud via related auditory fame-field) marks the god who ‘hears’ prayer—an inherited sacral trope. √vṛ ‘cover’ aligns with the Indo-European obstruction/enclosure imagery opposed by heroic release.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- Indra’s hearing (aśrot) is triggered by Vasiṣṭha’s stuti: the ṛṣi’s word is a causal instrument, and the devatā answers by creating uru loka—space for the collective’s right becoming.
From thirst to ascent: feel aspiration rise, then rest in the wideness Indra creates.
anāhata (space/expansion) and ājñā (illumined hearing)
Inhale imagining ascent ‘ud dyām iva’; exhale long on ‘uruṃ lokam’ to embody widening.
Aspiring uplift → spacious equanimity.
Recall a constriction (fear, deadline, conflict). Chant 12 times; after the last, sit 2 minutes sensing ‘wide space’ around the heart and head, letting solutions arise without forcing.
RV accents; give lift to ‘ud’ and ‘dyām’; soften and broaden on ‘uruṃ lokam’.
Mark pāda break after ‘vṛtāsaḥ’; let ‘indro aśrot’ be clear and slightly emphasized as the turning point.
‘tṛṣṇajo’: keep ṛ vowel crisp; ṣ retroflex., ‘nāthitāso’: long ā; dental th (aspirated)., ‘aśrot’: pronounce śr cluster cleanly., ‘tṛtsubhyo’: keep consonant cluster tṛts- distinct, not simplified.
Begin bright and intent; end broad and शांत (settled).
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