Rig Veda 7.23.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 23, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.23

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अयामि घोष इन्द्र देवजामिरिरज्यन्त यच्छुरुधो विवाचि । नहि स्वमायुश्चिकिते जनेषु तानीदंहांस्यति पर्ष्यस्मान् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.23.2

Transliteration

ayā́mi ghóṣa indra devájāmir irajyánta yác churúdho vivā́ci | náhi svám ā́yuś cikité jáneṣu tā́nīd aṃhā́ṃsy áti parṣy asmā́n ||

Translation

I send forth the cry, O Indra, kin of the gods, when the hostile restraints speak apart and confuse. For among men no one truly discerns his own span of life; therefore do thou carry us beyond these constrictions and errors.

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Word by Word

• अयामि: I go / I come (forth)
• अयामि: Kartā (अहं, अव्यक्त)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) / अयम् (प्रातिपदिक) → अयामि (क्रियापद)

• घोषः: the shout, acclaim, sound
• घोषः: Kartā (वाक्ये ‘घोषः’ = विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोष (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• देवजामिः: of divine kin / akin to the gods
• देवजामिः: Kartā (घोषस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: देव-जामि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

• इरज्यन्त: they strove / were eager
• इरज्यन्त: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: इरज्य (धातु; ‘to be eager/zealous, to strive’)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karma (सन्दर्भे)
• Type: Pronoun/Relative
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शुरुधः: hindrances, obstructions
• शुरुधः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुरुध् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘obstacle, hindrance’)

• विवाचि: apart, in separation / distinctly
• विवाचि: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial) / Kṛdanta
• Root: वि-वच् (धातु) → विवाचि (कृदन्त/अव्ययीभाव-प्राय)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• स्वम्: one’s own
• स्वम्: Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चिकिते: he knows / is aware
• चिकिते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चित्/चिकित् (धातु; ‘to perceive/understand, be aware’)

• जनेषु: among people, among men
• जनेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात; वैदिक ‘just/indeed’)

• अंहांसि: sins, distresses, harms
• अंहांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अति: over, beyond
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• पर्षि: carry across, save
• पर्षि: Kartā (त्वम् = इन्द्र)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ/पृ (धातु; ‘to carry across, save’)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)