Mantra 7

Sukta 94

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एवैवापागपरे सन्तु दूढ्योऽश्वा येषां दुर्युज आयुयुज्रे। इत्था ये प्रागुपरे सन्ति दावने पुरूणि यत्र वयुनानि भोजना

IAST Transliteration

éváivāpā́g ápare santu dūḍhyò 'śvā́ yéṣāṃ duryúja āyuyujré | ítthā yé prā́g úpare sánti dāváne purū́ṇi yátra vayúnāni bhójanā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

So let the others be set backward: stubborn are the horses of those who yoke them ill. But thus are they who stand in front and higher for bestowal, where many are the wise devices and the distributions of enjoyment.

Word by Word

एवindeed, just

एवindeed

अपागपरेthose who are behind/away (in the rear)

सन्तुlet them be

दूढ्यःfirm/strong (ones); steadfast (women/teams)

अश्वाःhorses

येषाम्of whom/whose

दुर्युगाःill-yoked, hard to yoke

आयुयुज्रेthey have yoked / they yoked

इत्थाthus, in this manner

येwho (those who)

प्रागुपरेthose in front/upper (ahead)

सन्तिare

दावनेin the giving/at the distribution (place/occasion)

पुरूणिmany

यत्रwhere

वयुनानिdevices, means, arrangements

भोजनानिfoods, provisions

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic source-stanza (AV 20 borrowing)

Devata: Indraic/royal prosperity (implicit)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-type

Mantra Rasa

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