Rig Veda 7.33.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 33, Mantra 1
Sukta 7.33
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (self-referential; addressed to Vasiṣṭhas)
Devata: Collective seer-band / ritual community (contextual); indirectly Indra-linked narrative in the following verses
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 7.33)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
श्वित्यञ्चो मा दक्षिणतस्कपर्दा धियंजिन्वासो अभि हि प्रमन्दुः । उत्तिष्ठन्वोचे परि बर्हिषो नॄन्न मे दूरादवितवे वसिष्ठाः ॥
Transliteration
śvityáñco mā dakṣiṇatáḥ-kapardā dhiyáṃ-jinvāso abhí hí pramandúḥ | ut-tíṣṭhan voce pári barhíṣo nṝ́n ná me dūrā́d avitave vásiṣṭhāḥ ||
Translation
श्वित्यञ्चः दक्षिणतस्कपर्दाः धियं जिन्वासः हर्षेणाभि प्रामन्दुः। उत्तिष्ठन् अहं वचे—बर्हिषः परितो नॄन् परिगृह्य—हे वसिष्ठाः, अवितवे मे दूरात् मा वसत।
Word by Word
श्वित्यञ्चःbright/white-shining (ones)
श्वित्यञ्चः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootश्वित्यञ्च- (प्रातिपदिक; श्विति + अञ्च् ‘to go/turn’ > ‘white-shining, bright-moving’)
माme
मा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (अहं-प्रत्यय) / मा (एन्क्लिटिक सर्वनाम)
दक्षिणतस्कपर्दाःwith braids on the right side
दक्षिणतस्कपर्दाः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootदक्षिणतस् (अव्यय ‘from the right’) + कपर्द- (प्रातिपदिक ‘braid/tuft; having braided hair’)
धियंजिन्वासःimpelling/enlivening the thought
धियंजिन्वासः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootजिव्/ज्यू (धातु ‘to quicken, impel, enliven’) > जिन्व (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + -as (बहुवचन)
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
हिindeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
प्रमन्दुःthey rejoiced greatly
प्रमन्दुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमन्द् (धातु ‘to rejoice, be glad’) + प्र- (उपसर्ग)
उत्तिष्ठन्rising up
उत्तिष्ठन्:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootस्था (धातु ‘to stand’) + उत्- (उपसर्ग)
वोचेI spoke
वोचे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु ‘to speak’)
परिaround
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
बर्हिषःof the sacrificial grass (barhis)
बर्हिषः:
अधिकरण/सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘sacrificial grass, barhis’)
नॄन्men
नॄन्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक ‘man’)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
मेmy / of me
मे:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
दूरात्from afar
दूरात्:
अपादान
TypeIndeclinable (ablatival form used adverbially)
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक ‘far’)
अवितवेto help, to protect
अवितवे:
प्रयोजन
TypeVerbal noun / Infinitive
Rootअव् (धातु ‘to protect, help’) > अवितृ (कर्तृ-नाम) / अवितव् (इन्फिनिटिव-प्रयोग)
वसिष्ठाःthe Vasiṣṭhas (Vasiṣṭha’s clan)
वसिष्ठाः:
कर्तृ/सम्बोधन-सदृश (वाक्य-विषय)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootवसिष्ठ- (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)
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