Rig Veda 7.18.21: Mandala 7, Sukta 18, Mantra 21

Sukta 7.18

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra (with reference to Bhoja as lord of enjoyment/possession)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ये गृहादममदुस्त्वाया पराशरः शतयातुर्वसिष्ठः । न ते भोजस्य सख्यं मृषन्ताधा सूरिभ्यः सुदिना व्युच्छान् ॥

Transliteration

prá yé gṛhā́d amámadus tvāyā́ parāśaráḥ śatáyātur vásiṣṭhaḥ | ná te bhój asya sakhyáṁ mṛṣantā́dhā sūríbhyaḥ sudínā vyùcchān ||

Translation

Those who, from the home of being, have gladdened you—Parāśara and Vasiṣṭha of the hundred pathways—do not violate your friendship with the Lord of enjoyment. Then may bright days dawn wide for the seers, the leaders of the journey.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga) / pra

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-stem ya-)

• गृहात्: from the house
• गृहात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (prātipadika)

• अममदुः: rejoiced, exulted
• अममदुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मद् (mad) 'to be exhilarated, rejoice'

• त्वाय: for you
• त्वाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (2nd pers. pronoun)

• पराशरः: Parāśara
• पराशरः: Kartā (in apposition to ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर (proper name)

• शतयातुः: having a hundred courses/attacks (hundred-going)
• शतयातुः: Kartā (epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-यातु (compound; prātipadika)

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Kartā (in apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (proper name)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (negation)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (2nd pers. pronoun)

• भोजस्य: of the patron/bestower
• भोजस्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज (prātipadika) 'bestower/host; enjoyment'

• सख्यम्: friendship, alliance
• सख्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (prātipadika)

• मृषन्त: forgetting/neglecting
• मृषन्त: Kartā (with ये)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृष् (mṛṣ) 'to forget/neglect; be unmindful; endure'

• अध: then, moreover
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (particle)

• सूरिभ्यः: to the patrons/nobles
• सूरिभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि (prātipadika) 'patron, noble, chief'

• सुदिना: with a good day; by good days
• सुदिना: Karaṇa (circumstantial)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-दिन (compound prātipadika) 'good day'

• वि: apart, forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga) / vi

• उच्छान्: let (it) dawn forth; (it) dawned forth
• उच्छान्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस्/उष् (uṣ) 'to dawn, shine' (RV: उच्छ् as present stem)