Rig Veda 7.29.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 29, Mantra 2
Sukta 7.29
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ब्रह्मन्वीर ब्रह्मकृतिं जुषाणोऽर्वाचीनो हरिभिर्याहि तूयम् । अस्मिन्नू षु सवने मादयस्वोप ब्रह्माणि शृणव इमा नः ॥
Transliteration
bráhman vī́ra bráhma-kṛtiṃ juṣāṇó ’rvācī́nó háribhir yāhi tū́yam | asmínn ū ṣú sávane mādayasvópa bráhmāṇi śṛṇava imā́ naḥ ||
Translation
हे वीर इंद्रा, ब्रह्मन्वीर, ब्रह्म-कृतीत रमण करीत आपल्या हरि-रथांसह त्वरेने आमच्याकडे ये. या सोम-सवनात आनंदित हो; आणि आमच्या निकट येऊन ही आमची ब्रह्म-उच्चारे ऐक.
Word by Word
ब्रह्मन्O (one) of/with sacred hymn; O Brahman (hymn/holy power)
ब्रह्मन्:
सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √बृह् ‘वर्धने’ (निरुक्त-सम्बन्ध) / ‘ब्रह्म’ = स्तोत्र/प्रार्थना
वीरO hero
वीर:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मकृतिम्the hymn-making / the sacred composition
ब्रह्मकृतिम्:
कर्म (of जुषाणः) / object of delight
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मकृति (प्रातिपदिक) = ब्रह्मन् + कृति (√कृ ‘करणे’)
जुषाणःdelighting in; accepting gladly
जुषाणः:
कर्तृ (of याहि) / attendant circumstance
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√जुष् (सेवने/प्रीतौ) → जुषाण (शानच्)
अर्वाचीनःturned hither; facing towards us
अर्वाचीनः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (of implied ‘त्वम्’/इन्द्र)
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्वाचीन (प्रातिपदिक) < अवाच्/अर्वाच् ‘इहाभिमुख’
हरिभिःwith the (two) tawny steeds
हरिभिः:
करण (instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘हरिताश्व’ (इन्द्रस्य अश्वौ)
याहिcome; drive hither
याहि:
क्रिया (imperative)
TypeVerb
Root√या (गत्यर्थे)
तूयम्swiftly
तूयम्:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतूयम् (अव्यय) < तूय ‘शीघ्र’
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऊindeed; just
ऊ:
सम्बन्ध/बलवर्धक
TypeParticle
Rootऊ (निपात)
षुnow; pray
षु:
सम्बन्ध/अनुनय
TypeParticle
Rootषु (निपात)
सवनेat the Soma-pressing; in the libation
सवने:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootसवन (प्रातिपदिक) < √सु (सोम-प्रसवने) ‘pressing’
मादयस्वbe exhilarated; gladden thyself
मादयस्व:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मद् (हर्षे/मत्तत्वे) → मादय (णिच्) + स्व (आत्मनेपद)
उपnear; towards
उप:
क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ब्रह्माणिthe hymns; sacred utterances
ब्रह्माणि:
कर्म (of शृणव)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
शृणवhear; listen
शृणव:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (श्रवणे)
इमाthese
इमा:
कर्म (apposition to ब्रह्माणि)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us; our
नः:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (for us / of us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
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