Rig Veda 7.33.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 33, Mantra 4
Sukta 7.33
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Indra (with focus on brahman/chant efficacy)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (with mention of śakvarī as a chant/meter-form within performance)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
जुष्टी नरो ब्रह्मणा वः पितॄणामक्षमव्ययं न किला रिषाथ । यच्छक्वरीषु बृहता रवेणेन्द्रे शुष्ममदधाता वसिष्ठाः ॥
Transliteration
júṣṭī naro bráhmaṇā vaḥ pitṝṇā́m ákṣam avyáyaṃ ná kilā riṣātha | yác chakvarī́ṣu bṛhatā́ ravéṇéndre śúṣmam ádad hātā vasiṣṭhāḥ ||
Translation
勇士たちよ、汝らは父祖のブラフマン（brahman）によって愛され、まことに朽ちぬ車軸—揺るがぬ法—を損なわなかった。汝らがシャクヴァリー（śakvarī）の韻律において、広大なる叫びとともに、インドラのうちに力（śuṣma）を据えたとき、ヴァシシュタ（Vasiṣṭha）らよ。
Word by Word
जुष्टीfavour, gracious acceptance
जुष्टी:
Kartā (वाक्ये ‘जुष्टी’ कर्तृवत्—‘अनुग्रह/प्रसाद’ विषयः) अथवा विशेष्य-भावे
TypeNoun
Rootजुष्टि- (प्रातिपदिक; √जुष् ‘सेव्/तुष्’ से भाव) अथवा जुष्टि- ‘अनुग्रह/प्रसाद/सेवा’
नरःmen, heroes
नरः:
Kartā (सम्बोधन/उद्देश्य-समूहः) अथवा ‘वः’ इत्यस्य विशेष्यः
TypeNoun
Rootनर-
ब्रह्मणाby/with sacred hymn (prayer)
ब्रह्मणा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्-
वःof you, your
वः:
Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘you/your’
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
पितॄणाम्of the Fathers (ancestors)
पितॄणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive) — ‘of the fathers/ancestors’
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ-
अक्षमम्unassailable, not to be harmed
अक्षमम्:
Karma (रिषाथ इत्यस्य कर्म-भावे ‘(किमपि) अक्षमम्… न रिषाथ’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षम- (अ- + क्षम ‘able’)
अव्ययम्imperishable, undecaying
अव्ययम्:
Karma (विशेषण-सम्बन्धेन) अथवा गुण-निर्देशः
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यय- (अ- + व्यय ‘decay’)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
किलindeed, surely
किल:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिल
रिषाथyou have harmed / you would harm
रिषाथ:
क्रिया (कर्तृ = ‘यूयम्’ नरो/वः) ; कर्म = ‘अक्षमम् अव्ययम्’
TypeVerb
Root√रिष् (हिंसार्थे/क्षतौ)
यत्when/that (because)
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable/Relative
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम) / यत् (सम्बन्ध-निपातः)
शक्वरीषुin the Śakvarī (metres/verses)
शक्वरीषु:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थान/विषय—‘शक्वरीषु’ = ‘in the śakvarī verses’)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्वरी- (छन्दो/स्तुति-विशेषः; ‘शक्वरी’ नाम छन्दः/ऋचः)
बृहताwith great, lofty
बृहता:
Karaṇa (रवेण सह) / गुण-निर्देशः
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त्-
रवेणwith a roar/cry (loud sound)
रवेण:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरव-
इन्द्रेin/for Indra
इन्द्रे:
Adhikaraṇa (आश्रय/विषय—‘in/for Indra’)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र-
शुष्मम्might, vigor
शुष्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशुष्म-
अदधाताthey placed/put (bestowed)
अदधाता:
क्रिया; कर्तृ = ‘वसिष्ठाः’; कर्म = ‘शुष्मम्’; अधिकरण = ‘इन्द्रे’
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धारणे/स्थापने)
वसिष्ठाःthe Vasiṣṭhas (Vasiṣṭha seers)
वसिष्ठाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवसिष्ठ- (ऋषि-नाम)
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