Rig Veda 7.100.5 - Mandala 7, Sukta 100, Mantra 5

Rig Veda 7.100.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 100, Mantra 5

Sukta 7.100

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)

Devata: Vishnu (Śipiviṣṭa epithet)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र तत्ते अद्य शिपिविष्ट नामार्यः शंसामि वयुनानि विद्वान् । तं त्वा गृणामि तवसमतव्यान्क्षयन्तमस्य रजसः पराके ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 7.100.5

Transliteration

prá tát te adyá śipiviṣṭa nā́mā́ryaḥ śáṃsāmi vayúnāni vidvā́n | táṃ tvā gṛṇāmi távasam átavyān kṣáyantam asyá rájasaḥ parāké ||

Translation

प्र तत्तेऽद्य शिपिविष्ट नाम आर्यः शंसामि, वयुनानि विद्वान् तव पथ्यानि ब्रवीमि। तं त्वा गृणामि तवसमतव्यं, अजय्यं, अस्य रजसः पराके क्षयन्तम्।

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward

तत्that (deed/thing)

तेto/for you

अद्यtoday, now

शिपिविष्टO Śipiviṣṭa (Viṣṇu)

नामby name, indeed

आर्यःthe noble one / a noble man

शंसामिI proclaim, I praise

वयुनानिdevices, wise ordinances/stratagems

विद्वान्knowing, wise

तम्him

त्वाyou

गृणामिI sing/praise

तवसम्mighty, powerful

अतव्यान्wandering/roaming (ones)

क्षयन्तम्dwelling, abiding

अस्यof this

रजसःof the region/space (rajas)

पराकेin the far distance, far away

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