Rig Veda 1.10.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 10, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.10

Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra (trad.)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 1.10; verse-level confirmation may vary by recension)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सुविवृतं सुनिरजमिन्द्र त्वादातमिद्यशः । गवामप व्रजं वृधि कृणुष्व राधो अद्रिवः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.10.7

Transliteration

suvivṛ́taṃ sunirájam índra tvā́dātam íd yáśaḥ | gavā́m ápa vrajáṃ vṛ́dhi kṛṇuṣvá rā́dho adrivaḥ ||

Translation

ಹೇ ಇಂದ್ರ, ಅದ್ರಿವಃ (ಪೇಷಣಶಿಲಾಧಾರಿ), ನಿನ್ನಿಂದ ದತ್ತವಾದ ಯಶಸ್ಸು ವಿಶಾಲವಾಗಿ ತೆರೆದ ದ್ವಾರವೂ, ನಿಶ್ಚಿತವಾಗಿ ಮುನ್ನಡೆಸುವ ಬಲವೂ ಆಗಿದೆ. ಗೋಗಳ ವ್ರಜವನ್ನು (ಅಂತರಪ್ರಕಾಶದ ಕಿರಣಗಳ ಗೋಷ್ಟಿ) ನಮ್ಮಿಗಾಗಿ ವೃದ್ಧಿಸು; ಅದನ್ನು ತೆರೆಯು—ರಾಧಸ್ (ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿ/ದಾನ) ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡು.

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Word by Word

• सु-विवृतम्: well-opened, fully opened
• सु-विवृतम्: Karma (object-qualifier; predicate to the object ‘व्रजम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विवृत (वि+√वृ/√वृञ् ‘to cover/open’; PPP ‘opened, uncovered’) with उपसर्ग सु-

• सु-निरजम्: well-cleared / well-driven-open
• सु-निरजम्: Karma (object-qualifier; with ‘व्रजम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरज (निर्+√अज् ‘to drive’ > ‘driving out/clearing’; adjectival stem) with सु-

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: (Address) —
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma (object of ‘आदातम्’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• आ-दातम्: grant! bestow!
• आ-दातम्: (Main verb) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+√दा (to give/take; here ‘to grant/bestow’)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (particle)

• यशः: glory, fame
• यशः: Karma (what is to be granted)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गवाम्: of the cows
• गवाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation to ‘व्रजम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप: away, forth (as preverb)
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (preverb/particle)

• व्रजम्: enclosure, pen (cows’ stall)
• व्रजम्: Karma (object of ‘वृधि/कृणुष्व’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रज (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृधि: increase! strengthen!
• वृधि: (Main verb) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (to grow/increase; also ‘to make grow, strengthen’)

• कृणुष्व: make! do (for yourself/us)!
• कृणुष्व: (Main verb) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (to do/make) — Vedic middle imperative formation

• राधः: bounty, gift, wealth
• राधः: Karma (object of ‘कृणुष्व’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्रिवः: O Adrivah (stone-/bolt-wielder)
• अद्रिवः: (Address) —
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: अद्रिवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘stone-possessing’, i.e., wielder of the thunderbolt/press-stones)