Rig Veda 7.18.21: Mandala 7, Sukta 18, Mantra 21

Sukta 7.18

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra (with reference to Bhoja as lord of enjoyment/possession)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ये गृहादममदुस्त्वाया पराशरः शतयातुर्वसिष्ठः । न ते भोजस्य सख्यं मृषन्ताधा सूरिभ्यः सुदिना व्युच्छान् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.18.21

Transliteration

prá yé gṛhā́d amámadus tvāyā́ parāśaráḥ śatáyātur vásiṣṭhaḥ | ná te bhój asya sakhyáṁ mṛṣantā́dhā sūríbhyaḥ sudínā vyùcchān ||

Translation

Aqueles que, da morada do Ser, te alegraram — Parāśara e Vasiṣṭha dos cem caminhos — não violem a tua amizade com o Senhor do deleite. Então, para os ṛṣi, guias da jornada, que despontem amplamente dias luminosos.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga) / pra

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-stem ya-)

• गृहात्: from the house
• गृहात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (prātipadika)

• अममदुः: rejoiced, exulted
• अममदुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मद् (mad) 'to be exhilarated, rejoice'

• त्वाय: for you
• त्वाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (2nd pers. pronoun)

• पराशरः: Parāśara
• पराशरः: Kartā (in apposition to ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर (proper name)

• शतयातुः: having a hundred courses/attacks (hundred-going)
• शतयातुः: Kartā (epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-यातु (compound; prātipadika)

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Kartā (in apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (proper name)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (negation)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (2nd pers. pronoun)

• भोजस्य: of the patron/bestower
• भोजस्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज (prātipadika) 'bestower/host; enjoyment'

• सख्यम्: friendship, alliance
• सख्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (prātipadika)

• मृषन्त: forgetting/neglecting
• मृषन्त: Kartā (with ये)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृष् (mṛṣ) 'to forget/neglect; be unmindful; endure'

• अध: then, moreover
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (particle)

• सूरिभ्यः: to the patrons/nobles
• सूरिभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि (prātipadika) 'patron, noble, chief'

• सुदिना: with a good day; by good days
• सुदिना: Karaṇa (circumstantial)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-दिन (compound prātipadika) 'good day'

• वि: apart, forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga) / vi

• उच्छान्: let (it) dawn forth; (it) dawned forth
• उच्छान्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस्/उष् (uṣ) 'to dawn, shine' (RV: उच्छ् as present stem)