Rig Veda 7.104.7: Mandala 7, Sukta 104, Mantra 7

Sukta 7.104

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)

Devata: Indra-Soma

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रति स्मरेथां तुजयद्भिरेवैर्हतं द्रुहो रक्षसो भङ्गुरावतः । इन्द्रासोमा दुष्कृते मा सुगं भूद्यो नः कदा चिदभिदासति द्रुहा ॥

Transliteration

práti smarethāṁ tujā́yadbhir évair hatáṁ druhó rákṣaso bhaṅgurā́vataḥ | índrāsomā duṣkṛ́te mā́ sugáṁ bhūd yó naḥ kadā́ cid abhídāsati druhā́ ||

Translation

Remember and answer with your conquering impulses; strike down the deceiver, the Rakṣas that comes with shattering cries. O Indra and Soma, let there be no easy path for the doer of wrong—whoever at any time assails us with treachery.

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Word by Word

• प्रति: towards, against
• प्रति: Adhikaraṇa (दिशा/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्मरेथाम्: you two should remember / call to mind
• स्मरेथाम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (स्मरणे)

• तुजयद्भिः: with smiting (forces/means)
• तुजयद्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: तुजयत् (प्रातिपदिक; √तुज्/√तुञ्ज् ‘to strike, smite’ से वर्तमान-कृदन्त)

• एवैः: with swift (ones/means)
• एवैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘swift/impetuous’—विशेषण)

• हतम्: slain; to be slain
• हतम्: Karma (फल/अवस्था)
• Type: Adjective (PPP)
• Root: हत (√हन् ‘to slay’ का भूतकृदन्त)

• द्रुहः: of malice/treachery
• द्रुहः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुह् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘injury, malice/treachery’)

• रक्षसः: the demon (rākṣas)
• रक्षसः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भङ्गुरावतः: the ruinous/destructive
• भङ्गुरावतः: Karma (विशेषण-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भङ्गुरावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having breaking/ruin’, ‘destructive’)

• इन्द्रासोमा: O Indra and Soma
• इन्द्रासोमा: Sampradāna/Āmantraṇa (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: इन्द्र + सोम (समास; देवताद्वन्द्व/समाहार)

• दुष्कृते: for the evil-doer / to the wrong-doing
• दुष्कृते: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘evil deed/evil-doer’)

• मा: do not
• मा: (क्रिया-निषेध) —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध)

• सुगम्: easy passage; good course
• सुगम्: Kartā (भवति/भूत्-क्रियायाः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुग (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good going, easy passage’)

• भूत्: may it be / let it become
• भूत्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवने)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (अभिदासति-क्रियायाः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• कदा: when
• कदा: Adhikaraṇa (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदा (प्रश्न-अव्यय)

• चित्: ever, at any time
• चित्: (निपात) —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय; ‘ever, at all’)

• अभिदासति: assails, attacks
• अभिदासति: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√दस्/√दाश् (वेदिक; ‘to assail/attack, do harm’)

• द्रुहा: with malice; by a malicious (one)
• द्रुहा: Karaṇa / Hetu (कारण/सहचर)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: द्रुह् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘malicious one/treacherous’)