Rig Veda 1.7.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 7
Sukta 1.7
Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra (traditional attribution for RV 1.1–1.11; RV 1.7 commonly placed under this seer in Anukramaṇī traditions)
Devata: Indra (Vajrin)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of 8 syllables; typical for early Indra hymns in RV 1)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तुञ्जेतुञ्जे य उत्तरे स्तोमा इन्द्रस्य वज्रिणः । न विन्धे अस्य सुष्टुतिम् ॥
Transliteration
tuñjétuñje yá úttare stómā índrasya vajríṇaḥ | ná víndhe asya suṣṭutím ||
Translation
ครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า ผู้ที่เร่งรุดด้วยบทสรรเสริญที่สูงยิ่งขึ้นไป แด่พระอินทระ (Indra) ผู้ทรงวัชระ (vajrin) ย่อมไม่พลาดคำสรรเสริญอันงามกลมกลืนของพระองค์ (suṣṭuti) — หากแต่ได้พบหนทางอันถูกต้องในการสดุดีพลังที่ทลายความมืดอันกีดขวาง
Word by Word
तु॒ञ्जेpresses/urges (on/for)
तु॒ञ्जे:
क्रिया (मुख्य क्रियापद) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः (अव्यक्त कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootतुञ्ज् (धातु) / तुञ्जे (क्रियापद-रूप) अथवा तुञ्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
तु॑ञ्जेpresses again; repeatedly urges
तु॑ञ्जे:
क्रिया (पुनरुक्ति-बल) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः
TypeVerb
Rootतुञ्ज्
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाचकः—‘who’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उत्तरेhigher; later; subsequent
उत्तरे:
विशेषण (कर्तृ-पदस्य) / अधिकरण-भावः (अर्थतः ‘afterwards/above’)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
स्तोमाःhymns; praises
स्तोमाः:
कर्तृ (क्रियायाः—‘press/urge’)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक) < स्तु (धातु) ‘to praise’
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी—‘of Indra’)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वज्रिणःof the thunderbolt-bearer
वज्रिणः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / विशेषण (इन्द्रस्य)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootवज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक) < वज्र ‘thunderbolt’ + इन्
नnot
न:
क्रिया-निषेधक
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध-अव्यय)
विन्देfinds; obtains
विन्दे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु) ‘to find/obtain’
अस्यof him; his
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुष्टुतिम्good praise; well-uttered hymn
सुष्टुतिम्:
कर्म (विन्दे—‘finds/obtains what?’)
TypeNoun
Rootसु- + स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक) < स्तु (धातु) ‘to praise’
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