Rig Veda 7.104.25 — Mandala 7, Sukta 104, Mantra 25
Sukta 7.104
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for RV 7.104)
Devata: Indra and Soma
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence is possible here; however RV 7.104 is predominantly Triṣṭubh—meter may be mixed in this protective section (flagged as uncertain).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रति चक्ष्व वि चक्ष्वेन्द्रश्च सोम जागृतम् । रक्षोभ्यो वधमस्यतमशनिं यातुमद्भ्यः ॥
Transliteration
práti cakṣva ví cakṣv índraś ca soma jāgṛtám | rákṣo-bhyo vadhám asyatam aśánim yātumád-bhyaḥ ||
Translation
प्रति चक्ष्व वि चक्ष्वेन्द्रश्च सोम जागृतम्। रक्षोभ्यो वधमस्यतमशनिं यातुमद्भ्यः॥
Word by Word
प्रतिtowards, in response
प्रति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (upasarga/avyaya)
चक्ष्वlook!, behold!
चक्ष्व:
—
TypeVerb
Root√चक्ष् (चक्षँ) / (Vedic impv. of √चक्ष् ‘to see, behold, tell’)
विapart, forth, widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (upasarga/avyaya)
चक्ष्वlook forth!, discern!
चक्ष्व:
—
TypeVerb
Root√चक्ष् (चक्षँ)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (avyaya)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
(Sambodhana)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
जागृतम्be awake!, stay vigilant
जागृतम्:
—
TypeVerb (imperatival usage of participial form) / Adjectival participle
Root√जागृ (जागृ) / जागृत् (PPP/adj.)
रक्षोभ्यःfrom/against the demons (rakṣasas)
रक्षोभ्यः:
Apādāna (source/‘from’) / (also possible: Sampradāna ‘for/against’)
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वधम्slaying, killing
वधम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवध (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यतम्the most effective/strongest (of this kind)
अस्यतम्:
(Qualifier of Karma)
TypeAdjective (pronominal superlative)
Rootअस्य (pronominal stem ‘this’) + तम (superlative suffix)
अशनिम्thunderbolt
अशनिम्:
Karma (second object/apposition to वधम्)
TypeNoun
Rootअशनि (प्रातिपदिक)
यातुमद्भ्यःfrom/against the sorcerers (those possessing yātu)
यातुमद्भ्यः:
Apādāna (from) / (also possible: Sampradāna ‘against/for’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (possessive) used substantively
Rootयातु (प्रातिपदिक ‘sorcery, witchcraft; sorcerer’) + मत् (possessive suffix)
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