Rig Veda 8.7.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 1

Sukta 8.7

Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (Mandala 8 context; exact rishi not specified here)

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (explicitly referenced; verse likely in Tr̥ṣṭubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र यद्वस्त्रिष्टुभमिषं मरुतो विप्रो अक्षरत् । वि पर्वतेषु राजथ ॥

Transliteration

prá yád vaḥ tri-stúbham íṣaṃ marúto vípro ákṣarat | ví párvateṣu rājatha ||

Translation

When the seer pours forth for you, O Maruts, the Trishtubh nourishment of inspired force, you shine out and rule through the ranges—powers of the Vast moving in ordered might.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• यत्: which, that which
• यत्: Karma (of √अक्षर्) / correlating relative
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-stem)

• वः: of you (your)
• वः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor) with त्रिष्टुभम्/इषम्
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• त्रिष्टुभम्: (a) Triṣṭubh (hymn/verse in the Triṣṭubh metre)
• त्रिष्टुभम्: Karma (object of √अक्षर्) in apposition with इषम्
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिष्टुभ् (prātipadika; name of a Vedic metre)

• इषम्: refreshment, invigorating draught; nourishment
• इषम्: Karma (object of √अक्षर्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष् (prātipadika) / इषा

• मरुतः: O Maruts
• मरुतः: Sambodhana (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (prātipadika)

• विप्रः: the inspired poet/seer
• विप्रः: Kartā (subject of √अक्षर्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (prātipadika)

• अक्षरत्: poured forth, let flow, streamed
• अक्षरत्: Kriyā (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अक्षर् (अक्षरति) / √क्षर् with preverb? (Vedic aorist form)

• वि: apart, widely, in various directions
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• पर्वतेषु: on/among the mountains
• पर्वतेषु: Adhikaraṇa (locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (prātipadika)

• राजथ: you rule, you shine forth/are splendid
• राजथ: Kriyā (finite verb); Kartā = मरुतः (understood)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √राज् (राजति) (Vedic finite form)