Rig Veda 7.32.17: Mandala 7, Sukta 32, Mantra 17
Sukta 7.32
- Rishi
- Vasiṣṭha
- Devata
- Indra
- Chandas
- Triṣṭubh
- Rasa
- Vira (heroism) and Karuna (compassion)
त्वं विश्वस्य धनदा असि श्रुतो य ईं भवन्त्याजयः । तवायं विश्वः पुरुहूत पार्थिवोऽवस्युर्नाम भिक्षते ॥
tváṃ víśvasya dhanadā́ asi śrutó yá īṃ bhávanty ā́jayaḥ | tavāyáṃ víśvaḥ puruhūta pā́rthivo 'vasyúr nā́ma bhikṣate ||
ເຈົ້າເປັນຜູ້ປະທານຊັບສົມບັດຂອງໂລກ, ມີຊື່ສຽງໃນບັນດາຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບໄຊຊະນະໃນສົງຄາມ. ດ້ວຍເຫດນັ້ນ, ສິ່ງມີຊີວິດທາງໂລກນີ້, ໂອຜູ້ຖືກຮຽກຮ້ອງຫຼາຍ, ຂໍຄວາມຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອຈາກເຈົ້າຄືກັບຄວາມຕ້ອງການຂອງຕົນ.
Word by Word
- त्वम्
- thou (you)Pronounपुं/स्त्री/नपुं; प्रथमा; एकवचनRole कर्तृRoot युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- विश्वस्य
- of all / of the wholeAdjective (used substantively)नपुंसक; षष्ठी; एकवचनRole सम्बन्ध (genitive)Root विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
- धनदा
- giver of wealthNoun/Adjective (agentive)पुं; प्रथमा; एकवचनRole कर्तृ-विशेषण (predicate nominative)Root धन-द (प्रातिपदिक; धन + √दा ‘to give’)
- असि
- art / areVerbलट् (वर्तमान); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचनRole (क्रिया)Root √अस् (भू-धातु)
- श्रुतः
- renowned / famedAdjective/Participleपुं; प्रथमा; एकवचनRole कर्तृ-विशेषणRoot √श्रु (कृदन्त: क्त-प्रत्यय; श्रुत) अथवा ‘श्रुत’ (प्रातिपदिक)
- यः
- whoRelative pronounपुं; प्रथमा; एकवचनRole कर्तृRoot यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- ईम्
- indeed / just / himIndeclinableअव्ययRole (उपपद/निपात; emphasis)Root ईम् (निपात/अव्यय)
- भवन्ति
- become / areVerbलट् (वर्तमान); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचनRole (क्रिया)Root √भू
- आजयः
- victors / winnersNoun/Adjectiveपुं; प्रथमा; बहुवचनRole कर्तृRoot आ-√जि (प्रातिपदिक: आजय ‘victory/one who wins’)
- तव
- of thee / thyPronounषष्ठी; एकवचनRole सम्बन्ध (genitive)Root युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- अयम्
- thisDemonstrative pronounपुं; प्रथमा; एकवचनRole कर्तृRoot इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- विश्वः
- all (people) / everyoneAdjective (used substantively)पुं; प्रथमा; एकवचनRole कर्तृRoot विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
- पुरुहूत
- O much-invoked (Indra)Adjective (vocative epithet)पुं; सम्बोधन; एकवचनRole सम्बोधनRoot पुरु-हूत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘much-invoked’)
- पार्थिवः
- earthly / terrestrialAdjective/Nounपुं; प्रथमा; एकवचनRole कर्तृ-विशेषणRoot पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक; from पृथिवी)
- अवस्युः
- seeking help/favorAdjectiveपुं; प्रथमा; एकवचनRole कर्तृ-विशेषणRoot अवस्यु (प्रातिपदिक; desiderative adj. from अवस् ‘help/favor’)
- नाम
- indeed / trulyIndeclinableअव्ययRole (निपात; ‘indeed/namely’)Root नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
- भिक्षते
- begs / imploresVerbलट् (वर्तमान); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपदRole (क्रिया)Root √भिक्ष्
Sandhi Notes
- पदच्छेदः: त्वम् | विश्वस्य | धनदा | असि | श्रुतः | यः | ईम् | भवन्ति | आजयः || तव | अयम् | विश्वः | पुरुहूत | पार्थिवः | अवस्युः | नाम | भिक्षते || सन्धि-विशेषाः: (1) ‘य ईं’ इति संहितायां ‘यः’ + ‘ईम्’ (वेदे निपात ‘ईम्’)। (2) ‘भवन्त्या॒जयः’ इत्यत्र संहितापाठः
- पदपाठानुसारं ‘भवन्ति’ + ‘आजयः’ (इ + आ → या/याऽ इति संधि-प्रभाव; संहितायां ‘भवन्त्याजयः’)। (3) ‘पार्थि॑वोऽव॒स्युः’ = ‘पार्थिवः’ + ‘अवस्युः’ (विसर्ग + अ → ‘ोऽ’)।
The meaning
Outer meaning
Indra is the giver of the world’s wealth, renowned among those who win battles; therefore the whole earthly being, much-invoked, begs him for help as a necessity.
Inner meaning
Indra grants the true wealth of consciousness—force, clarity, and victorious capacity in the inner battle. Those who become ‘ājayaḥ’ (winners) are the parts of us that align with illumination. The ‘earthly being’ is our embodied nature that repeatedly calls (puruhūta) for aid; help is not luxury but the very need of the soul-in-formation to rise beyond limitation.
Universal truth
Embodied life grows by calling upon and aligning with higher intelligence; victory comes when the whole nature consents to be helped and reshaped by light.
Themes
wealth as inner power, invocation, victory in contest, human need for divine aid
The seer
- Rishi
- Vasiṣṭha
- Lineage
- Vasiṣṭha (Maitrāvaruṇa line)
- Other hymns
- RV 7.24, RV 7.25, RV 7.32
Family tradition
The Vasiṣṭha vision frequently integrates the human condition (‘pārthiva’) with divine aid, presenting aspiration as a lawful movement within ṛta.
Significance
The seer normalizes dependence on the higher Light: repeated invocation is not weakness but the method of transformation.
The deity
- Devata
- Indra
- Epithets
- Dhanadā (wealth-giver), Puruhūta (much-invoked)
- Related deities
- Soma (delight that sustains victory), Maruts (energies that accompany Indra), Agni (will that calls)
Cosmic role
Bestower of victorious power, releaser of abundance (rays/waters), champion of the gods in the cosmic struggle.
Inner power
The victorious intelligence that converts aspiration into effective force and grants the means for inner conquest.
In ritual
Where it is used
Indra stotra in Soma rites; also general prayer for victory and support.
त्वं विश्व॑स्य धन॒दा अ॑सि श्रु॒तो य ईं॒ भव॑न्त्या॒जय॑: । तवा॒यं विश्व॑: पुरुहूत॒ पार्थि॑वोऽव॒स्युर्नाम॑ भिक्षते ॥
त्वम् । विश्व॑स्य । ध॒न॒ऽदाः । अ॒सि॒ । श्रु॒तः । ये । ई॒म् । भव॑न्ति । आ॒जयः॑ । तव॑ । अ॒यम् । विश्वः॑ । पु॒रु॒ऽहू॒त॒ । पार्थि॑वः । अ॒व॒स्युः । नाम॑ । भि॒क्ष॒ते॒ ॥
tvam | viśvasya | dhana-dāḥ | asi | śrutaḥ | ye | īm | bhavanti | ājayaḥ | tava | ayam | viśvaḥ | puru-hūta | pārthivaḥ | avasyuḥ | nāma | bhikṣate
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4×11 (approx.)
Assertive and testimonial; a ‘famed’ tone—proclaiming and then turning to supplication.
Elicits trust and surrender; strengthens the will to call repeatedly until help descends.
- धनदा (dhanadā)
- Literal: giver of wealth. Symbolic: giver of inner riches—strength, clarity, right power, and luminous knowledge
- आजयः (ājayaḥ)
- Literal: victorious ones. Symbolic: parts of the being that conquer ignorance and habit through alignment with light
- पुरुहूत (puruhūta)
- Literal: much-invoked. Symbolic: the ever-callable divine intelligence; also our repeated aspiration and remembrance
- पार्थिव (pārthiva)
- Literal: earthly. Symbolic: embodied consciousness, the physical-vital nature seeking uplift
- अवस्यु (avasyu)
- Literal: desiring help. Symbolic: the soul’s need for support from higher guidance
Petitionary verse in Indra Soma hymn: establishes Indra as dhana-dā (giver of inner plenitude) to those who fight and win the inner battle.
Before or during undertakings framed as ‘battle’—ritual, social, or inner.
Praise leading into petition (bhikṣate): a formal move from recognition to request.
Use when feeling overburdened: a mantra of asking for help without shame—repeated invocation to stabilize effort.
dhana-dāḥ: wealth as ‘that which supports’ the being; inner reading as capacities/fulfilments. ā-jayaḥ from √ji ‘conquer’ marks inner victory over resistance. avasyu (avas + desiderative suffix) frames the human as essentially ‘seeking aid’—a structural dependence on the divine force. puru-hūta underscores Indra’s accessibility through invocation (vāc).
dependence of the embodied (pārthiva) on divine aid (avas), victory as transformation (ā-jaya)
Victory (ājayaḥ) is alignment with ṛta; defeat is falling back into covering and disorder.
Indra’s fame among victors implies Truth’s self-evidence in those who conquer ignorance.
Ascent of the earthly nature through repeated invocation—earth opening to sky (pārthiva to paramam).
Yoga of aspiration and descent of aid (Integral Yoga parallel).
Battle = inner struggle; earth = embodied habit-nature calling upward for light.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- Indra as giver of spoils to victors: the mythic battlefield becomes the inner arena where the seeker wins by Indra’s force and receives ‘wealth’ as enlarged being.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √śru ‘hear’ (śruta) reflects PIE *ḱleu̯- ‘hear, fame’ (cf. Greek klýō, ‘fame’ cognates). √ji ‘conquer’ relates to PIE *gʷʰei̯-/*gʷei̯h- conquest/overpower semantic networks (Indo-Iranian ji-). The formulaic epithet puru-hūta shows inherited IE praise-epithet compounding.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi articulates a covenant: invocation and striving (becoming ā-jayaḥ) meet Indra’s response as dhana-dāḥ. The embodied being confesses avasyu—need of aid—turning prayer into a conscious channel for Indra’s power.
Turn the whole embodied nature into a sincere call for illumined guidance; let the plea be ‘necessary’ and simple.
Anāhata (devotional call) rising to Ājñā (illumined response)
Exhale-focused japa: chant on the exhale to embody ‘bhikṣate’ (asking), pause briefly to ‘receive’.
From strain to supported effort; from isolated ego-effort to guided action.
When stuck, do three steps: (1) remember Indra as dhanadā, (2) name the ‘battle’ clearly, (3) ask once with full sincerity, then act on the first quiet indication.
Keep udatta on marked syllables; allow a slight lift on puruhūta and a soft settling on bhikṣate.
Make ‘tvaṃ viśvasya dhanadā asi’ a clear declarative line; shift to a gentler petition tone in the second half.
dhanadā: dental ‘d’, not retroflex; long ā at end., pārthivo: keep aspirated ‘th’., avasyur: pronounce ‘va’ clearly, not ‘wa’., bhikṣate: kṣ cluster crisp; final ‘te’ light.
Confident at start, then supplicatory and open; steady pitch.
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