Rig Veda 7.32.13: Mandala 7, Sukta 32, Mantra 13
Sukta 7.32
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha-gotra; Mandala 7 is Vasiṣṭha’s family book)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; typical for RV 7.32)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मन्त्रमखर्वं सुधितं सुपेशसं दधात यज्ञियेष्वा । पूर्वीश्चन प्रसितयस्तरन्ति तं य इन्द्रे कर्मणा भुवत् ॥
Transliteration
mántram ákharvaṃ súdhitaṃ supéśasaṃ dádhāta yajñíyeṣv ā́ | pū́rvīś cana prásitayas taranti táṃ yá índre kármaṇā bhúvat ||
Translation
祭祀（yajña）の中に、断たれぬマントラを据えよ——よく鍛えられ、姿美しきものを。古き衝動（促し）さえも、その者へと渡り越えて来る、行為によってインドラにおいて効力ある者へ。
Word by Word
मन्त्रम्hymn/formula
मन्त्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) < √मन् (मन्त्रणे/चिन्तने)
अखर्वम्unbroken, not defective
अखर्वम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-खर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
सुधितम्well-set, well-arranged
सुधितम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (Participle)
Rootसु-धित (कृदन्त; √धा/√धि ‘धारण/स्थापन’ → धित ‘placed/arranged’)
सुपेशसम्well-adorned, beautiful
सुपेशसम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-पेशस् (प्रातिपदिक; पेशस् ‘beauty/ornament’)
दधातlet him place/establish
दधात:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (दधाति)
यज्ञियेषुamong the worshippers/ritualists
यज्ञियेषु:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootयज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
(क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
पूर्वीःmany former/earlier
पूर्वीः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्वी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘former/earlier’)
चand
च:
(समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नindeed, surely
न:
(निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
प्रसितयःimpulses/advances, forward settings
प्रसितयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-√सि/√सा (प्रसरणे) → प्रसिति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘advance/impulse/setting-forth’)
तरन्तिthey cross over, pass beyond
तरन्ति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√तॄ (तरणे)
तम्him/that one
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
इन्द्रेin/with Indra
इन्द्रे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
कर्मणाby (his) deed/action
कर्मणा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवत्let him be / may he become
भुवत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
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