Rig Veda 1.28.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 28, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.28

Devata: Dual powers/implements in Indra-Soma context (implicitly aligned to Indra via ‘harī’ simile)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आयजी वाजसातमा ता ह्युच्चा विजर्भृतः । हरी इवान्धांसि बप्सता ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.28.7

Transliteration

āyajī́ vā́ja-sātamā tā́ hy uccā́ vi-jarbhṛtáḥ | hárī ivā́ndhāṃsi bápsatā ||

Translation

O two who are fit for worship, most winning of plenitude, you indeed are lifted high and set in motion; like Indra’s two bay steeds, you chew up the darknesses—breaking the obscurity in us.

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Word by Word

• आयजी: (he) has sacrificed / performed worship
• आयजी: क्रिया (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु) → आयजि/आयजी (परस्मैपद-लुङ्/लिट्-प्रयोगः; RV-archaic)

• वाजसातमा: O best winner/best giver of prizes
• वाजसातमा: सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाज-सातम (प्रातिपदिक); वाज ‘prize/strength’ + सातम ‘most winning/bestowing’

• ता: those (things)
• ता: कर्म (of following verb, understood)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed / for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• उच्चा: high(ly), aloft
• उच्चा: अधिकारण/क्रियाविशेषण (manner/degree)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्च (प्रातिपदिक) / उच्-सम्बद्ध; अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग

• विजर्भृतः: spreading wide / opening out
• विजर्भृतः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: वि-√जृभ् ‘to stretch/open’ + कृत्/प्रातिपदिक ‘जर्भृत’ (RV form); ‘वि-जर्भृत’

• हरी: the two bay steeds (of Indra)
• हरी: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (उपमा-निपात)

• अन्धांसि: darknesses / dark things
• अन्धांसि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) → अन्धांसि (नपुंसक बहुवचन)

• बप्सता: (they two) crush/devour/scatter
• बप्सता: क्रिया (हरी as kartā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बप्स्/√बभ्स् (RV dhātu; ‘to crush/chew up, devour, scatter’)