Rig Veda 8.7.15: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 15

Sukta 8.7

Rishi: Kāṇva (Kaṇva lineage; hymn voice consistent with Kāṇva tradition)

Devata: Indra (or Indra with associated Maruts/Soma powers; 'adābhya' commonly epithet of Indra/Truth-power)

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

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एतावतश्चिदेषां सुम्नं भिक्षेत मर्त्यः । अदाभ्यस्य मन्मभिः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.7.15

Transliteration

etā́vataś cid eṣā́ṃ sumnáṃ bhíkṣeta mártyaḥ | adā́bhyasya mánmabhiḥ ||

Translation

इंसान इतना ही माँग सकता है इन से, वो भी सिर्फ उस शक्ति के थ्रू जो कभी हार नहीं मानता। जो शक्ति सबसे बड़ी है, उसके विचार से यह वरदान मिलता है। यह वरदान है कि वो तुम्हे बचाए और आगे ले जाए, कोई तुम्हे हिला नहीं सकता।

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Word by Word

• एतावतः: of so much; of this extent
• एतावतः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) — ‘of this much/so much’
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun (quantitative)
• Root: एतावत् (प्रातिपदिक) < एतद् + वत्

• चित्: even; indeed
• चित्: — (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात/अव्यय)

• एषाम्: of these/of them
• एषाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive) — ‘of them’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एषाम्

• सुम्नम्: favor; grace; benevolence
• सुम्नम्: कर्म (object) of भिक्षेत
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुम्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• भिक्षेत: should beg/seek
• भिक्षेत: क्रिया (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भिक्ष् (भिक्षँ) ‘to beg, request’

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: कर्ता (subject) of भिक्षेत
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक) < √मृ ‘to die’

• अदाभ्यस्य: of the unassailable one
• अदाभ्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive) — ‘of the unassailable (one)’
• Type: Adjective (used substantively/genitively)
• Root: अदाभ्य (प्रातिपदिक) ‘unassailable, not to be deceived/overcome’ (a common epithet, esp. of Indra/Agni etc.)

• मन्मभिः: with thoughts/hymns (devotions)
• मन्मभिः: करण (instrument/means) — means of seeking
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘thought, devotion, hymn/mental act’