Rig Veda 1.15.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 15, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.15

Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 1.15)

Devata: Draviṇodā (wealth-giving divine power; often associated with sacrificial prosperity)

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

द्रविणोदा द्रविणसो ग्रावहस्तासो अध्वरे । यज्ञेषु देवमीळते ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.15.7

Transliteration

draviṇodā́ dráviṇaso grā́vahastāso adhvaré | yajñéṣu devám īḷate ||

Translation

เหล่าผู้ประทานความบริบูรณ์ ผู้ถือศิลาบีบคั้น (grāvan) ไว้ในมือ ในหนทางแห่งพิธีบูชาที่ไร้การทำร้าย (adhvara) ในบรรดายัญญะทั้งหลาย ย่อมสรรเสริญเทวะ—ดรวิณโณทา (Draviṇodā) พลังผู้ประทานทรัพย์ภายใน

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Word by Word

• द्रविणोदा: ‘wealth-giver’, bestower of riches
• द्रविणोदा: सम्बोधन/विशेष्य (देवस्य विशेषणम्; स्तुत्य-नाम)
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: द्रविण- + दा (√दा ‘देने’)

• द्रविणसः: of wealth, of treasure
• द्रविणसः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of wealth/treasure’
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रविण (प्रातिपदिक) अव्युत्पन्न/नामधातु-सम्बद्ध ‘धन’

• ग्रावहस्तासः: stone-in-hand (pressers), having pressing-stones in their hands
• ग्रावहस्तासः: कर्तृ (स्तोतृ/ऋत्विजः—यज्ञकर्मकर्तारः) अथवा विशेष्य (द्रविणोदाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्) प्रसङ्गानुसारम्
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: ग्रावन् + हस्त (समासः) ‘stone + hand’

• अध्वरे: in the rite, in the sacrifice
• अध्वरे: अधिकरण (स्थान/प्रसङ्ग: ‘in the sacrifice’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘यज्ञ’

• यज्ञेषु: in the sacrifices
• यज्ञेषु: अधिकरण (in sacrifices/rites)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sacrifice’

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: कर्म (object of ‘praise’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) ‘god’

• ईळते: praises, invokes
• ईळते: क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बद्धा: ‘he/one praises’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ईळ्/√ईड् (वैदिक) ‘स्तुतौ/प्रार्थने’