Rig Veda 7.31.8: Mandala 7, Sukta 31, Mantra 8

Sukta 7.31

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra (with Maruts as associated powers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तं त्वा मरुत्वती परि भुवद्वाणी सयावरी । नक्षमाणा सह द्युभिः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.31.8

Transliteration

táṃ tvā marútvatī pári bhúvad vā́ṇī sayā́varī | nákṣamāṇā sahá dyúbhiḥ ||

Translation

Around you moves the word full of the Maruts, wide-travelling; growing in its reach together with the lights, it encompasses you in the act of manifestation.

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Word by Word

• तम्: him; that (one)
• तम्: कर्म (स्तुत्य/सम्बोधन-प्रसङ्गे ‘him/that one’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (acc. sg.)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मरुत्वती: accompanied by the Maruts; Marut-possessing
• मरुत्वती: कर्तृ (वाणी/स्तुति-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मरुत्वत् (मरुत् + वत्) (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; all around; fully
• परि: उपपद-सम्बन्धः (क्रियाविशेषणम्: ‘around/fully’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भुवद्वाणी: the (ever-)becoming/abiding speech; the living/active utterance
• भुवद्वाणी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: भुवद्-वाणी (भू √भू ‘to be’ → भुवद् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त) + वाणी ‘speech’)

• सयावरी: swift/impelling (speech); a rushing/urging one
• सयावरी: कर्तृ (वाणी-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: सयावरि/सयावरी (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-विशेषण/नाम)

• नक्षमाणा: reaching; attaining; coming up to
• नक्षमाणा: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle
• Root: √नक्ष् (नक्ष्/नश्-सम्बद्धः; ‘to reach/attain, to come to’), वर्तमान-कृदन्त

• सह: together with
• सह: सहकारक/सहयोग (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय/उपपद)

• द्युभिः: with the lights; with the bright days (rays)
• द्युभिः: करण/सहयोग (सह-योगे ‘with the lights/with the days’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युभ्/द्यु (प्रातिपदिक: ‘sky, day, brightness’)