Rig Veda 7.19.11: Mandala 7, Sukta 19, Mantra 11

Sukta 7.19

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra (with implicit company of allied powers in yūyam)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू इन्द्र शूर स्तवमान ऊती ब्रह्मजूतस्तन्वा वावृधस्व । उप नो वाजान्मिमीह्युप स्तीन्यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

Transliteration

nū́ índra śūra stávamāna ūtī́ bráhmajūtas tanvā̀ vāvṛdhasva | úpa no vā́jān mimīhy úpa stī́n yūyáṃ pāta svastíbhiḥ sádā naḥ ||

Translation

Now, O Indra the Hero, being praised, increase in thy help—impelled by the brahman (the soul’s truth-word)—grow in thy body of power. Build up for us the vājās (plenitudes of force), build up our firm stations; do you protect us always with well-being.

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Word by Word

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र

• शूर: O hero, valiant one
• शूर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शूर

• स्तवमानः: praising (you)
• स्तवमानः: Kartā (of the participial action ‘praising’)
• Type: Participle (Adjective) from verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तवमान (प्रातिपदिक) वर्तमान कृदन्त

• ऊती: with help, with aid
• ऊती: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति

• ब्रह्मजूतः: impelled/quickened by prayer (brahman)
• ब्रह्मजूतः: Kartā (qualifier of the subject) / Karaṇa-sense in compound (‘impelled by’)
• Type: Adjective (compound) सहभागी
• Root: ब्रह्म + जूत (PPP from √जु/जव् ‘to impel, speed, set in motion’)

• तन्वा: with (your) body/self
• तन्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू

• वावृधस्व: grow strong; increase
• वावृधस्व: — (finite verb; addressee as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध्

• उप: towards, near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary) / Śeṣa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वाजान्: prizes; strengths; spoils
• वाजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज

• मिमीहि: apportion; mete out
• मिमीहि: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मा (मि) ‘to measure, mete out, apportion’

• उप: towards, near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• स्तीनि: possessions; goods; stores
• स्तीनि: Karma (with implied verb ‘protect/keep’) / object of ‘up’ in sense ‘near our…’
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्ती (स्ति) / स्ती- (Vedic noun)

• ऊयम्: indeed; just so
• ऊयम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable/Particle
• Root: ऊयम् (Vedic form; pronominal/particle-like, emphatic)

• पात: protect
• पात: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (to protect) / √पा (to drink) — here ‘protect’

• स्वस्तिभिः: with well-beings; with blessings
• स्वस्तिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति

• सदा: always
• सदा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary) / Śeṣa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्