Rig Veda 1.7.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 6
Sukta 1.7
Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra (traditional attribution for RV 1.1–1.11; for RV 1.7 also commonly Vaiśvāmitra)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of 8 syllables; typical for early Indra hymns in Mandala 1)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स नो वृषन्नमुं चरुं सत्रादावन्नपा वृधि । अस्मभ्यमप्रतिष्कुतः ॥
Transliteration
sá no vṛ́ṣann amúṃ carúṃ satrā́-dāvan ápā vṛdhi | asmábhyam áprati-skutaḥ ||
Translation
โอ้ อินทระผู้เป็นกระทิงแห่งพลัง ผู้ประทานไม่ขาดสาย ขอทรงเพิ่มพูนแก่พวกเราซึ่งแก่นสารแห่งเครื่องบูชาอันเป็นที่รักนั้น ขอทรงขยายให้ห่างไกลจากความพร่องและการลดทอน—ให้มาสู่พวกเรา—โอ้ผู้ที่ไม่มีผู้ใดต้านทานหรือปฏิเสธได้.
Word by Word
सhim (that one)
स:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (स- pronominal stem)
नःof us / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (हितार्थे) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
वृषन्O mighty one (bull)
वृषन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative used as epithet)
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bull, mighty one’)
अमुम्that (yonder)
अमुम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (amu- demonstrative stem)
चरुम्the charu-offering (sacrificial porridge)
चरुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootचरु (प्रातिपदिक; sacrificial porridge/oblation)
सत्रादावन्O giver continually/at all times
सत्रादावन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसत्रादावन् (बहुव्रीहि/उपपद-समास; sattrā + dāvan < √दा ‘to give’)
अपaway, forth (as a particle)
अप:
उपसर्ग/निपात (क्रियाविशेषणार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (निपात)
वृधिincrease! / make grow!
वृधि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (वर्धते/वर्धयति) ‘to grow, increase’
अस्मभ्यम्to us / for us
अस्मभ्यम्:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अप्रतिष्कुतःunrepulsed, not driven back (irresistible)
अप्रतिष्कुतः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण) / कर्ता-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअ- + प्रति- + √स्कु/√स्कुन्द्? (Vedic ‘to repel/ward off’; adjectival formation in -त (past/passive/possessive sense))
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