Rig Veda 7.31.11: Mandala 7, Sukta 31, Mantra 11
Sukta 7.31
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उरुव्यचसे महिने सुवृक्तिमिन्द्राय ब्रह्म जनयन्त विप्राः । तस्य व्रतानि न मिनन्ति धीराः ॥
Transliteration
uru-vyácase mahíne su-vṛktím índrāya bráhma janayanta víprāḥ | tásya vratā́ni ná minanti dhī́rāḥ ||
Translation
उरुव्यचसे महिने इन्द्राय विप्राः सुवृक्तिं ब्रह्म जनयन्ति। तस्य व्रतानि धीराः न मिनन्ति।
Word by Word
उरुव्यचसेto the wide-spreading (one)
उरुव्यचसे:
सम्प्रदान (to/for whom)
TypeAdjective (used substantively as epithet)
Rootउरुव्यचस् (प्रातिपदिक; उरु- + व्यचस् < √व्यच् ‘व्याप्तौ/विस्तारे’)
महिनेto the great (one)
महिने:
सम्प्रदान
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootमहि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘महान्/महत्त्व’)
सुवृक्तिम्a well-fashioned hymn/praise
सुवृक्तिम्:
कर्म (what is produced/offered)
TypeNoun
Rootसु-वृक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + वृक्ति < √वृज्/√वृक् ‘वर्जने/वृञ्जने’ → ‘स्तुति/रचना’)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मa sacred formulation/chant
ब्रह्म:
कर्म (what is generated/uttered)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्तोत्र/मन्त्र/ब्रह्म’)
जनयन्तthey generated/produced
जनयन्त:
क्रिया (main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनने)
विप्राःthe inspired seers/poets
विप्राः:
कर्तृ (doer)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्रेरित/कवि/ऋषि’)
तस्यof him (of that one)
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of him’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
व्रतानिthe ordinances/vows
व्रतानि:
कर्म (object of ‘do not violate’)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘व्रत/नियम/आदेश’)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
मिनन्तिthey violate/diminish
मिनन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मि (हिंसायाम्/क्षये; ‘to diminish, violate’)
धीराःthe steadfast/wise (ones)
धीराः:
कर्तृ (doer)
TypeAdjective (substantive)
Rootधीरा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘धीर/प्रज्ञावान्’)
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