Rig Veda 5.35.7: Mandala 5, Sukta 35, Mantra 7

Sukta 5.35

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) (verify)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अस्माकमिन्द्र दुष्टरं पुरोयावानमाजिषु । सयावानं धनेधने वाजयन्तमवा रथम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.35.7

Transliteration

asmā́kam indra duṣṭáraṁ puroyā́vān amā́jiṣu | sayā́vānaṁ dháne-dhane vājáyantam avā́ rátham ||

Translation

Make our chariot, O Indra, hard to cross for the opposing powers—going in front in the battles, moving in harmony; in each struggle for the riches may it bring the vāja, the increase of force, and bear us forward.

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Word by Word

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) आधार: अस्म-

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुष्टरम्: hard to overcome
• दुष्टरम्: कर्म (विशेष्यस्य कर्मत्वेन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्टर (दुर्- + √तॄ/तॄत् ‘to cross’ → ‘hard to cross/overcome’)

• पुरोयावानम्: the foremost/leading one
• पुरोयावानम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरोयावन् (पुरस् + √या ‘to go’ → ‘going in front/foremost, leading’)

• आजिषु: in contests/battles
• आजिषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: आजी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘contest, race, battle’

• सयावानम्: as an ally/companion
• सयावानम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सयावन् (स + √या ‘to go’ → ‘going together/companion, ally’)

• धनेधने: in every prize/at each gain
• धनेधने: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun (reduplicated for distributive sense)
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजयन्तम्: making (us) win / bestowing prizes
• वाजयन्तम्: कर्म (यम् अवा…)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: वाजयत् (causative present participle) from √वज्/वाज् ‘to be strong, to win’ → caus. ‘to make win, to strengthen, to bestow prizes’

• अव: down; forth; (as preverb) in aid
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)