Rig Veda 8.7.29 — Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 29

Sukta 8.7

Rishi: Kāṇva (tradition; confirm)

Devata: Maruts/heroic host (naraḥ) in Soma setting; possibly Indra-Marut movement

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सुषोमे शर्यणावत्यार्जीके पस्त्यावति । ययुर्निचक्रया नरः ॥

Transliteration

su-sóme śaryaṇā́vaty ārjīké pastyā́vati | yayúr ní-cakrayā nárāḥ ||

Translation

ସୁପିଷ୍ଟ ସୋମରେ, ଶର୍ୟଣାବତୀରେ, ଏବଂ ନିବାସ-ସମୃଦ୍ଧ ଆର୍ଜୀକରେ—ଚକ୍ରକୁ ନିଶ୍ଚଳ କରି ନରମାନେ (ବୀରମାନେ) ଗଲେ; ନିଜ ପଥରେ ଅଡ଼ିଗ।

Word by Word

• सु॒षोमे॑: in good Soma; at the good Soma-rite
• सु॒षोमे॑: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सु-सोम (सोम) / प्रातिपदिक: सोम

• शर्य॒णाव॑ति: at Śaryāṇāvatī (the Śaryāṇā-place/stream)
• शर्य॒णाव॑ति: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (locative qualifier)
• Root: शर्य॒णा- (toponym/river-name) + -वत् (possessive)

• आर्जी॒के: in/at Ārjīka (region/people)
• आर्जी॒के: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: ऋजीक/अर्जीक (toponym/ethnonym) / प्रातिपदिक: आर्जीक

• प॒स्त्या॑वति: at the dwelling-place; in the homestead-rich (place)
• प॒स्त्या॑वति: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पस्त्य (dwelling, homestead) + -वत् (possessive)

• य॒युः: they went; they have gone
• य॒युः: (predicate of the clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु ‘to go’)

• नि: down; into; firmly
• नि: (verbal modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: नि (upasarga/indeclinable)

• चक्रया॒: with a wheel; by means of a wheel
• चक्रया॒: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (wheel) / प्रातिपदिक: चक्र

• नरः: the men; the heroes
• नरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (man, hero) / प्रातिपदिक: नर