Rig Veda 7.32.3: Mandala 7, Sukta 32, Mantra 3
Sukta 7.32
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha-gotra tradition for Maṇḍala 7; hymn attributed to Vasiṣṭhas)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (dominant meter of RV 7.32)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
रायस्कामो वज्रहस्तं सुदक्षिणं पुत्रो न पितरं हुवे ॥
Transliteration
rāyáskāmo vájrahastaṃ sudákṣiṇaṃ putró ná pitáraṃ huve ||
Translation
रायस्कामो वज्रहस्तं सुदक्षिणं पुत्रो न पितरं हुवे॥
Word by Word
रायस्कामःdesirous of wealth
रायस्कामः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootरायस् (प्रा.) + काम (प्रा.)
वज्रहस्तम्him whose hand holds the thunderbolt
वज्रहस्तम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (bahuvrīhi epithet)
Rootवज्र (प्रा.) + हस्त (प्रा.)
सुदक्षिणम्very generous / bountiful
सुदक्षिणम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दक्षिण (प्रा.)
पुत्रःa son
पुत्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रा.)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
पितरम्(his) father
पितरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रा.)
हुवेI call / I invoke
हुवे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (आह्वाने)
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