Rig Veda 10.33.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 33, Mantra 7

Sukta 10.33

Rishi: Upamaśravas / family of Mitrātithi (internal genealogical cues; hymn is self-referential)

Devata: Indra (overall hymn), with an address that also functions as intra-tradition invocation/affirmation of the seer-line

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires metrical confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अधि पुत्रोपमश्रवो नपान्मित्रातिथेरिहि । पितुष्टे अस्मि वन्दिता ॥

Transliteration

ádhi putrópama-śravo nápān mitrā́tither ihí | pitúṣ ṭe asmi vanditā́ ||

Translation

ଏଠାକୁ ଆସ, ହେ ପୁତ୍ର ଉପମଶ୍ରବସ, ମିତ୍ରାତିଥିର ନପାତ୍; ପିତାଙ୍କ ଆଧାର ଉପରେ ଦୃଢ଼ ହୋଇ ମୁଁ ତୁମର ସ୍ତୁତିକାର—ତୁମକୁ ବନ୍ଦନ ଅର୍ପଣ କରୁଛି।

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Word by Word

• अधि: here/over, in addition; (as preverb) toward/unto
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• पुत्र-उपम-श्रवः: O you whose fame is like a son’s (i.e., dear/renowned like a son)
• पुत्र-उपम-श्रवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक) ← √श्रु (to hear) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उपम (प्रातिपदिक)

• नपात्: O descendant/offspring
• नपात्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नपात् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मित्रातिथेः: of Mitrātithi
• मित्रातिथेः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: मित्रातिथि (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)

• इहि: come!
• इहि: (क्रियापद) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (गमन) / Vedic imperative stem इहि

• पितुः: of the father
• पितुः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: (क्रियापद) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (to be)

• वन्दिता: praised, lauded
• वन्दिता: Karma (of implied praising) / predicate complement
• Type: Participle (past passive) used predicatively
• Root: √वन्द् (to praise, salute) → वन्दित (PPP) + -आ (स्त्री. एक.)