Rig Veda 7.19.6: Mandala 7, Sukta 19, Mantra 6
Sukta 7.19
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सना ता त इन्द्र भोजनानि रातहव्याय दाशुषे सुदासे । वृष्णे ते हरी वृषणा युनज्मि व्यन्तु ब्रह्माणि पुरुशाक वाजम् ॥
Transliteration
sanā́ tā́ ta indra bhójanāni rātáhavyāya dāśúṣe sudā́se | vṛ́ṣṇe te hárī vṛ́ṣaṇā yunajmi vyántu bráhmāṇi puruśā́ka vā́jam ||
Translation
いにしえより、インドラよ、その享受（恵み）は汝のもの、受け入れられた供物（rāta-havya）を捧げるスダース（Sudās）に与えられる。雄々しき汝のために、我は汝の二頭の力強き黄褐の駿馬を繋ぐ。多くの業を成す者よ、ブラフマン（聖なる讃歌・呪句）が広がり、われらに力の充溢たる勝利（vāja）を獲得せしめよ。
Word by Word
सनाfrom of old; ever
सना:
Adhikaraṇa (kāla) / क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसना (avyaya-prātipadika) < PIE *sen- ‘old’
ताःthose (things)
ताः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
तेyour; of you
ते:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
भोजनानिbounties; gifts; provisions
भोजनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन (prātipadika) < √भुज्/√भुज् ‘to enjoy, partake’ (nominal) / ‘nourishment, bounty’
रातहव्यायto the one whose oblation is given (i.e., to the giver of offerings / to whom offerings are presented)
रातहव्याय:
Sampradāna (recipient) / उद्देश्य
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootरात-हव्य (tatpuruṣa prātipadika) = रात ‘given’ (PPP of √रा ‘to give’) + हव्य ‘oblation, offering’
दाशुषेto the worshipper; to the giver (offerer)
दाशुषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective (participle used substantively)
Rootदाशुष् (perfect participial stem) < √दाश्/√दश् ‘to worship, offer, give’
सुदासेto Sudās
सुदासे:
Sampradāna
TypeProper Noun
Rootसुदास (proper name prātipadika)
वृष्णेto the Bull (the strong one)
वृष्णे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृषन् (prātipadika) ‘bull, strong one’
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
हरीthe two bay steeds
हरी:
Karma
TypeNoun (dual)
Rootहरि (prātipadika)
वृषणाtwo vigorous (stallion-like)
वृषणा:
Karma (viśeṣaṇa of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृषण (prātipadika) ‘stallion, vigorous one’
युनज्मिI yoke
युनज्मि:
Kriyā (with implicit kartā ‘I’)
TypeVerb
Root√युज् (युजँ) ‘to yoke, join’
व्यन्तुlet (them) drive forth / spread out
व्यन्तु:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√व्या/√वी (व्या- ‘to blow, drive apart’ in Vedic usage) / or √व्यन् ‘to move, spread’ (Vedic) — form vy-antu
ब्रह्माणिthe hymns; sacred utterances
ब्रह्माणि:
Kartā (of व्यन्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (prātipadika) ‘sacred formulation, hymn’
पुरुशाकmuch-powerful; of many strengths
पुरुशाक:
Karma (viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु-शाक (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa prātipadika) ‘much-mighty / able in many ways’ (epithet)
वाजम्the prize; strength; winning booty
वाजम्:
Karma (object of व्यन्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (prātipadika) ‘prize, strength, (victory-)booty’
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