Rig Veda 7.29.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 29, Mantra 4
Sukta 7.29
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उतो घा ते पुरुष्या इदासन्येषां पूर्वेषामशृणोॠषीणाम् । अधाहं त्वा मघवञ्जोहवीमि त्वं न इन्द्रासि प्रमतिः पितेव ॥
Transliteration
utó ghā́ te puruṣyā̀ íd āsan yéṣāṃ pū́rveṣām áśṛṇo ṛ́ṣīṇām | ádhāháṃ tvā maghavan johavīmi tváṃ na indrāsi prámatíḥ pitā́iva ||
Translation
まことに、あなたのものこそ人の助けであった。あなたは先なる聖仙（ṛṣi）たちの声を聞き入れた。ゆえに今、施与者よ、われはあなたを呼び求める。インドラよ、あなたはわれらにとって導く配慮、賢き先見—父のごときもの。
Word by Word
उतोand also
उतो:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
घindeed
घ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
पुरुष्याःmanly powers / heroic deeds
पुरुष्याः:
कर्तृ (of ‘were’)
TypeNoun (abstract/quality)
Rootपुरुष्य
इद्indeed
इद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद्
आसन्were
आसन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
अन्येषाम्of others
अन्येषाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य
पूर्वेषाम्of the former/earlier ones
पूर्वेषाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootपूर्व
अशृणोत्heard
अशृणोत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
ऋषीणाम्of the seers
ऋषीणाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि
अधthen / now
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
मघवन्O bountiful one
मघवन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमघवन्
जोहवीमिI repeatedly call/invoke
जोहवीमि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootह्वे
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
नःto us / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (deity name)
Rootइन्द्र
असिare
असि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
प्रमतिःforethought / guidance / providence
प्रमतिः:
प्रथमा-सम्बन्ध (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootप्र-√मन् / प्रमति (prātipadika)
पितेवlike a father
पितेव:
उपमान
TypeNoun + Indeclinable
Rootपितृ + इव
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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