Rig Veda 7.98.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 98, Mantra 5

Sukta 7.98

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for Maṇḍala 7)

Devata: Indra (with Soma as allied power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रेन्द्रस्य वोचं प्रथमा कृतानि प्र नूतना मघवा या चकार । यदेददेवीरसहिष्ट माया अथाभवत्केवलः सोमो अस्य ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.98.5

Transliteration

préndrasya vocaṃ prathamā́ kṛtā́ni prá nū́tanā maghávā yā́ cakā́ra | yadéd adevī́r asahiṣṭa māyā́ athā́bhavat kévalaḥ sómo asya ||

Translation

Proclamo os primeiros feitos de Indra e os novos que o generoso Maghavan realizou. Quando os não-deuses não puderam resistir à sua Māyā, então o Soma tornou-se inteiramente seu — só seu, para o possuir e o manejar.

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Word by Word

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

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: for you; to you
• वः: सम्प्रदान (recipient/for you) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वोचम्: I proclaim / I have spoken
• वोचम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्

• प्रथमा: first
• प्रथमा: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृतानि: deeds, things done
• कृतानि: कर्म (object of ‘vocham’: deeds spoken of)
• Type: Noun (verbal adjective used substantively)
• Root: कृ (PPP: कृत) / कृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth; anew
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• नूतना: new
• नूतना: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नूतन (प्रातिपदिक)

• मघवा: the bountiful one (Indra)
• मघवा: कर्ता (of चकार)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: कर्म (object of चकार)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• चकार: has done, did
• चकार: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ

• यत्: when; that
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (relative particle)
• Root: यद् (relative)

• एदत्: this
• एदत्: कर्म (object of implied verb ‘did/used’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (demonstrative)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• रसहिष्ट: O most overpowering/most victorious
• रसहिष्ट: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: र-सहिष्ट (compound epithet; from √सह ‘to overcome/endure’ with superlative -इष्ठ)

• माया: magic power, artifice
• माया: कर्म / साधन (the ‘artifice/illusion’ as means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथ: then
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (particle)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

• केवलः: alone, only
• केवलः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केवल (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: कर्ता (of अभवत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him/this (of Indra)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (pronoun)