Rig Veda 7.24.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 24, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.24

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नो विश्वाभिरूतिभिः सजोषा ब्रह्म जुषाणो हर्यश्व याहि । वरीवृजत्स्थविरेभिः सुशिप्रास्मे दधद्वृषणं शुष्ममिन्द्र ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.24.4

Transliteration

ā no viśvā́bhir ūtíbhiḥ sa-jóṣā bráhma juṣāṇó hary-aśva yāhi | varīvṛ́jat sthavirébhiḥ su-śiprā́sme dádhad vṛ́ṣaṇaṃ śúṣmam indra ||

Translation

Come to us with all thy helps in glad accord, O Indra of the tawny steeds, taking delight in the sacred word. Making wide room with the strong ones, O fair-lipped, establish in us the bull-like force, the impetuous might, O Indra.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• विश्वाभिः: with all
• विश्वाभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊतिभिः: with helps, protections
• ऊतिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (प्रातिपदिक)

• सजोषाः: in accord, of one mind (with us)
• सजोषाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सजोषस् (प्रातिपदिक; sa- + joṣa ‘delight/accord’)

• ब्रह्म: the sacred formulation/hymn
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुषाणः: enjoying, accepting (favorably)
• जुषाणः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: जुष् (धातु) → जुषाण (कृदन्त, शानच्)

• हर्यश्व: O you of tawny horses (Indra)
• हर्यश्व: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: हर्यश्व (प्रातिपदिक; हरि- + अश्व)

• याहि: come!
• याहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• वरीवृजत्: making room, clearing a wide space
• वरीवृजत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle-like finite form in Vedic)
• Root: वरीवृज् (धातु; वरिवस्/वरीवस् ‘wide space, room’ + √वृज् ‘to clear/make room’)

• स्थविरेभिः: with the strong/steadfast ones
• स्थविरेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थविर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुशिप्राः: having beautiful jaws/cheeks
• सुशिप्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुशिप्र (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + शिप्र ‘jaw/cheek’)

• अस्मे: among us / for us
• अस्मे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• दधत्: placing, bestowing
• दधत्: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: धा (धातु) → दधत् (कृदन्त, शतृ)

• वृषणम्: bull-like, virile
• वृषणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: वृषण (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुष्मम्: might, vigor
• शुष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)