Rig Veda 7.21.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 21, Mantra 5

Sukta 7.21

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न यातव इन्द्र जूजुवुर्नो न वन्दना शविष्ठ वेद्याभिः । स शर्धदर्यो विषुणस्य जन्तोर्मा शिश्नदेवा अपि गुॠतं नः ॥

Transliteration

ná yātáva indra jūjuvur no ná vándanā śaviṣṭha vedyā́bhiḥ | sá śardhad aryó víṣuṇasya jántor mā́ śiśnádevā́ ápi guḥ ṛtáṃ naḥ ||

Translation

Let no wanderers, O Indra, overpower us, nor empty flatteries with their ritual knowings, O most mighty. May the noble one break the onslaught of the perverse being; let not the false-worshippers cover up our ṛta.

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• यातवः: sorcerers, demons (yātus)
• यातवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातु (प्रातिपदिक) / यातु-

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sampradāna (addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• जूजुवुः: have overcome / have prevailed
• जूजुवुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: जु (धातु) / जूजु (intensive stem)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• न: nor / not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वन्दना: praise, adoration
• वन्दना: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) < √वन्द्

• शविष्ठ: O most mighty
• शविष्ठ: Sampradāna (addressed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शविष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) < शवीयस्/शवस्

• वेद्याभिः: by/with (our) worthy/acceptable (acts/offerings)
• वेद्याभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वेद्य (प्रातिपदिक) < √विद् (to know) → ‘to be known/fit to be found/attained’

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• शर्धत्: let him repel / may he drive off
• शर्धत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: शर्ध् (धातु) / शर्ध (to drive off, repel, overpower)

• अर्यः: the noble one (Arya)
• अर्यः: Kartā (apposition to सः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• विषुणस्य: of the hostile/poisonous one (Vedic epithet)
• विषुणस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: विषुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• जन्तोः: of the creature/person
• जन्तोः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• शिश्नदेवाः: phallus-worshippers / obscene ‘deities’ (a hostile group)
• शिश्नदेवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिश्नदेव (प्रातिपदिक) = शिश्न + देव

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• गुहृतम्: the hidden (treasure/wealth)
• गुहृतम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (past passive) used as adjective/noun
• Root: गुहृत (प्रातिपदिक) < √गुह् (to hide) + क्त

• नः: our / of us
• नः: Sampradāna (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्