Rig Veda 8.7.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.7

Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (Mandala 8 context; exact rishi not specified here)

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (explicitly referenced; verse likely in Tr̥ṣṭubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नि यद्यामाय वो गिरिर्नि सिन्धवो विधर्मणे । महे शुष्माय येमिरे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.7.5

Transliteration

ní yádyāmā́ya vo girír ní síndhavo ví-dharmaṇe | mahé śúṣmāya yemiré ||

Translation

Quando, para o vosso avanço, a montanha e os rios se dispõem em ordenação — para o estabelecimento da ordem (vidhármaṇe) —, então se rendem à vossa grande força, ao vosso śúṣma.

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Word by Word

• नि: down; forth; into (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• यत्: which; when/that
• यत्: Karma (object of implied/understood verb; correlates with following clause)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• यामाय: for the course/going; for the march (yāma)
• यामाय: Sampradāna (purpose/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याम (prātipadika)

• वः: of you; your
• वः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor/related-to)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun)

• गिरिः: mountain
• गिरिः: Kartā (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (prātipadika)

• नि: down; forth
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• सिन्धवः: rivers; streams
• सिन्धवः: Kartā (subject; coordinated with गिरिः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (prātipadika)

• विधर्मणे: for the ordinance/arrangement; for due order
• विधर्मणे: Sampradāna (purpose/for the sake of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधर्मन् (prātipadika)

• महे: for the great
• महे: Sampradāna (purpose; agrees with शुष्माय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (prātipadika)

• शुष्माय: for (his) might; for vigor
• शुष्माय: Sampradāna (purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुष्म (prātipadika)

• येमिरे: they have restrained/held in; they have checked
• येमिरे: Kriyā (finite verb); governs the clause
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु)