Rig Veda 7.16.10: Mandala 7, Sukta 16, Mantra 10

Sukta 7.16

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha family, Mandala 7)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 7.16; verse-level meter not exhaustively verified here)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ये राधांसि ददत्यश्व्या मघा कामेन श्रवसो महः । ताँ अंहसः पिपृहि पर्तृभिष्ट्वं शतं पूर्भिर्यविष्ठ्य ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.16.10

Transliteration

ye rā́dhāṃsi dadáty aśvyā́ maghā́ kā́mena śrávasaḥ maháḥ | tā́n áṃhasaḥ pipṛhi partṛ́bhiṣ ṭváṃ śatáṃ pū́rbhir yaviṣṭhya ||

Translation

Those who give the accomplishing graces and the swift powers of plenitude, moved by the desire for vast fame—protect them from distress; you, O youngest, guard them with protectors, with a hundred strongholds of light.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• राधांसि: gifts, bounties
• राधांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ददति: they give
• ददति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (दाने)

• अश्व्याः: horse-possessing, having steeds
• अश्व्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्व्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्व-सम्बन्धिन्)

• मघाः: the bountiful ones, generous patrons
• मघाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघ (प्रातिपदिक)

• कामेन: by desire, willingly
• कामेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रवसः: of fame, of renown
• श्रवसः: (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• महः: of greatness, of the great (power)
• महः: (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत्/महस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अंहसः: from distress, from sin/anguish
• अंहसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिपृहि: carry across, save
• पिपृहि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ (पूरणे/पारणे; ‘to bring across, protect’)

• पर्तृभिः: with helpers/ferriers (means of crossing)
• पर्तृभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ferrying/helping ones’, instrumental plural)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्भिः: with forts/strongholds
• पूर्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fortified stronghold, rampart’)

• यविष्ठ्य: O youngest (Agni), O most youthful
• यविष्ठ्य: (सम्बोधनम्)
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: यविष्ठ्य (सम्बोधन-प्रातिपदिक; superlative/epithet)