Rig Veda 7.25.6: Mandala 7, Sukta 25, Mantra 6

Sukta 7.25

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha Maitrāvaruṇi tradition for Maṇḍala 7)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 7.25; verse length and cadence consistent with triṣṭubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एवा न इन्द्र वार्यस्य पूर्धि प्र ते महीं सुमतिं वेविदाम । इषं पिन्व मघवद्भ्यः सुवीरां यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.25.6

Transliteration

evā na indra vā́ryasya pūrdhi prá te mahī́ṁ su-matíṁ vevidāma | íṣaṁ pinva maghávad-bhyaḥ su-vī́rāṁ yūyáṁ pāta svastí-bhiḥ sádā naḥ ||

Translation

So, O Indra, fulfil for us the choicest plenitude; may we win and hold your vast right-mindedness. Increase the impulsion of force for the bountiful seekers, rich in heroic energies; and do you guard us always with states of well-being.

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Word by Word

• एवा: thus, just so
• एवा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात) + आ (प्रगृह्य/वृद्धि-प्रयोगः)

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वार्यस्य: of the excellent (boon/wealth)
• वार्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive) — ‘of the choice (wealth)’
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वार्य (प्रातिपदिक; √वृ ‘choose/cover’ से ‘excellent/choice’)

• पूर्धि: fill, grant
• पूर्धि: Kriyā (आज्ञा); कर्म-अपेक्षा: ‘fill (us/our need)’
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ (पॄ/पूर्) ‘fill, satisfy’

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• महीम्: great
• महीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक; ‘great’)

• सुमतिम्: good favor, benevolence
• सुमतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमति (सु- + मति; ‘good thought/favor’)

• वेविदाम: we have found/obtained
• वेविदाम: Kartā (वयम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् ‘find/know’ (वेदिक-रिडुप्लिकेटेड परफेक्ट-स्टेम: वेविद-)

• इषम्: nourishment, strength
• इषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिक) ‘refreshment, strength, nourishment’

• पिन्व: make abound, invigorate
• पिन्व: Kriyā (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पिव्/पिन्व् ‘swell, make abound, invigorate’

• मघवद्भ्यः: for the bountiful (patrons)
• मघवद्भ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (substantive)
• Root: मघवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful/possessing gifts’; often ‘the generous ones’)

• सुवीराम्: rich in good heroes
• सुवीराम्: Karma (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवीर (सु- + वीर) ‘having good heroes/strong sons’

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• पात: protect
• पात: Kriyā (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा ‘protect’

• स्वस्तिभिः: with blessings, with well-being
• स्वस्तिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘well-being, blessing’)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikaraṇa (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्