Rig Veda 10.23.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 23, Mantra 7
Sukta 10.23
Rishi: Vimadá (traditional attribution within the Vimadá cycle; also referenced explicitly in the verse)
Devata: Indra (as the sustaining friend and guide; with the seer’s alliance foregrounded)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for this section of RV 10; exact metrical scan not provided in input)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
माकिर्न एना सख्या वि यौषुस्तव चेन्द्र विमदस्य च ऋषेः । विद्मा हि ते प्रमतिं देव जामिवदस्मे ते सन्तु सख्या शिवानि ॥
Transliteration
mā́kir na enā́ sakhyā́ ví yauṣus táva cendra vi-madásya ca ṛ́ṣeḥ | vidmā́ hí te prá-matiṃ deva jāmi-vád asmè te santu sakhyā́ śivā́ni ||
Translation
हे इन्द्र, तव च ऋषेर्विमदस्य च एतानि सख्यानि मा कश्चिदपि वियौष्टु। देव, वयं हि ते प्रमतिं विद्म—जामिवद् अन्तरा; तानि सख्यान्यस्मे शिवानि मङ्गलानि सन्तु।
Word by Word
माnot
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) अव्यय
किःanyone (someone)
किः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
एनाthus / in this way
एना:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootएना (इदम्-प्रकार सर्वनाम/अव्यय)
सख्याby friendship / through comradeship
सख्या:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसख्य (प्रातिपदिक; सखि-सम्बन्ध)
विapart, asunder
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
यौषुःmay he not separate / may he not part
यौषुः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootयुष् (धातु) + वि
तवof you / your
तव:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
विमदस्यof Vimad(a)
विमदस्य:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeProper Noun
Rootविमद (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
ऋषेःof the seer
ऋषेः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
विद्माwe know
विद्मा:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु: ‘to know’)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
तेyour
ते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
प्रमतिम्favor / wise intent / gracious thought
प्रमतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रमति (प्रातिपदिक)
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
जामिवत्like a kinsman
जामिवत्:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootजामि + वत् (तद्धित)
अस्मेto us / for us
अस्मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
तेyour
ते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
सन्तुlet there be / may they be
सन्तु:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु: ‘to be’)
सख्याfriendships / alliances
सख्या:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
शिवानिauspicious, kindly
शिवानि:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
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