Rig Veda 7.18.24: Mandala 7, Sukta 18, Mantra 24

Sukta 7.18

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यस्य श्रवो रोदसी अन्तरुर्वी शीर्ष्णेशीर्ष्णे विबभाजा विभक्ता । सप्तेदिन्द्रं न स्रवतो गृणन्ति नि युध्यामधिमशिशादभीके ॥

Transliteration

yásya śrávo ródasī antárurvī́ śīrṣṇéśīrṣṇe vibabhā́jā vibhaktā́ | saptéd índraṃ ná sraváto gṛṇanti ní yudhyāmadhím āśiśād abhī́ke ||

Translation

Indra—whose inspired renown fills the two worlds within their vastness, distributing its mastery from summit to summit—seven seers praise him like flowing streams. In the close encounter he has pressed down the battling assailant and made the conflict yield.

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Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रवः: fame, renown
• श्रवः: कर्तृ/विषय (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: कर्तृ/विषय (co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; द्यावापृथिव्यौ)

• अन्तर्: within, between
• अन्तर्: अधिकरण (locative sense: within)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तर् (अव्यय/उपसर्गीय)

• उर्वी: broad, wide (expanse)
• उर्वी: विशेषण/विषय
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: उर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)

• शीर्ष्णे: on/at the head
• शीर्ष्णे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीर्षन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शीर्ष्णे: on/at the head
• शीर्ष्णे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीर्षन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विबभाजा: has apportioned, has distributed
• विबभाजा: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु) + वि

• विभक्ता: the distributor, apportioner
• विभक्ता: कर्तृ (agent epithet)
• Type: Participle
• Root: भज् (धातु) + वि

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: विशेषण
• Type: Numeral
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: उपमान-निपात
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• स्रवतः: of the flowing (one/stream)
• स्रवतः: सम्बन्ध (genitive: of the flowing one)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: स्रवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्रु ‘to flow’)

• गृणन्ति: they praise, sing
• गृणन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: गृ (धातु; ‘to sing/praise’)

• नि: down, in; firmly
• नि: उपसर्ग (direction/intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग)

• युध्याम: you should fight / fight!
• युध्याम: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु)

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: अधिकरण/उपसर्ग (over, upon)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मशिशाद: has sat down/has settled; has pressed on (contextual)
• मशिशाद: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: शद्/शद्? (वेदिक √शद्/√शद् ‘to sit/settle’ or √शद् ‘to overcome’; here: म-शिशाद as perfect/aorist of √शद् with intensification)

• अभीके: in the near encounter, at close quarters
• अभीके: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun/Adverbial
• Root: अभीक (प्रातिपदिक)