Rig Veda 8.24.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 24, Mantra 7

Sukta 8.24

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विश्वानि विश्वमनसो धिया नो वृत्रहन्तम । उग्र प्रणेतरधि षू वसो गहि ॥

Transliteration

viśvā́ni viśvámanaso dhiyā́ no vṛtrahantama | úgra pranetár ádhi ṣú vaso gahi ||

Translation

O most Vṛtra-slaying, with our thought that holds the whole, we would grasp all things. O fierce Leader, come here—take your seat upon our riches and make them firm in us.

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Word by Word

• विश्वानि: all (things)
• विश्वानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वमनसः: of (you) whose mind is all-embracing / all-minded
• विश्वमनसः: Sambandha (genitive epithet)
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound used as epithet)
• Root: विश्व-मनस् (समास; मनस् < √मन् ‘to think’)

• धिया: with (our) thought / by devotion
• धिया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (स्त्री; < √धी ‘to think, perceive’)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• वृत्रहन्तम: the Vṛtra-slayer
• वृत्रहन्तम: Karma
• Type: Adjective (accusative epithet)
• Root: वृत्र-हन् (कृदन्त; हन् < √हन् ‘to slay’)

• उग्र: O mighty one
• उग्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रणेतः: O leader / guide
• प्रणेतः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Agent (vocative)
• Root: प्र-नी (कृदन्त; √नी ‘to lead’)

• अधि: upon, over; in addition
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa (prepositional)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अधि

• सू: indeed, just, now
• सू: (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु/सू (निपात; Vedic emphatic particle)

• वसो: O good one / O benefactor
• वसो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• गहि: come!
• गहि: (addressed action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् ‘to go, come’