Rig Veda 7.60.11: Mandala 7, Sukta 60, Mantra 11
Sukta 7.60
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Contextually Āditya-aligned ethic of offering; verse is more general (praise of right offering and its fruits)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो ब्रह्मणे सुमतिमायजाते वाजस्य सातौ परमस्य रायः । सीक्षन्त मन्युं मघवानो अर्य उरु क्षयाय चक्रिरे सुधातु ॥
Transliteration
yó bráhmaṇe sumatím ā́yajāte vā́jasya sātáu paramásya rā́yaḥ | sī́kṣanta manyúṃ maghávāno aryá urú kṣayā́ya cakrire sudhā́tu ||
Translation
ブラフマン（brahman）に善き思いをもって供犠する者は、勝利の獲得において力の充溢と最高の福楽を得る。高貴なる施与者たちはその憤勇（manyu）を研ぎ澄まし、定住の増益のために広き住処を築いた——よく据えられて。
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मणेto/for the sacred formulation (brahman), to the priestly power
ब्रह्मणे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
सुमतिम्good thought, good counsel
सुमतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसु-मति (मति)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
यजातेworships, sacrifices
यजाते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयज्
वाजस्यof prize/strength (vāja)
वाजस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवाज
सातौin the winning, in the gaining
सातौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसाति
परमस्यof the highest
परमस्य:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
रायःof wealth, of bounty
रायः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootराय्/रायि (रायः)
सीक्षन्तthey sought/learned, they strove for
सीक्षन्त:
—
TypeVerb
Rootशिक्ष्/सिक्ष् (वेद. ‘सीक्ष्’)
मन्युम्wrath, spirited resolve
मन्युम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमन्यु
मघवानःthe bountiful ones (patrons), generous men
मघवानः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet) / Adjective
Rootमघवन्
अर्यःthe Arya (noble man/leader)
अर्यः:
Kartā (apposition/collective leader) / Sambodhana-like epithet
TypeNoun
Rootअर्य
उरुwide, broadly
उरु:
—
TypeAdjective (indeclinable in form here) / Adverbial
Rootउरु
क्षयायfor dwelling, for a home/abode
क्षयाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
चक्रिरेthey have made, they fashioned
चक्रिरे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
सुधातुwell-established, well-ordered (firmly set)
सुधातु:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-धातु
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