Rig Veda 7.33.6: Mandala 7, Sukta 33, Mantra 6

Sukta 7.33

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭhas of the Vasiṣṭha-family)

Devata: Primarily Vasiṣṭha/Tṛtsu-Bharata lineage theme; implicit powers of Light and Order rather than a single invoked god

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; typical for narrative/heroic and lineage hymns in RV 7)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

दण्डा इवेद्गोअजनास आसन्परिच्छिन्ना भरता अर्भकासः । अभवच्च पुरएता वसिष्ठ आदित्तृत्सूनां विशो अप्रथन्त ॥

Transliteration

daṇḍā́ ivéd go-ajanāsa āsan pári-cchinnā bharatā́ arbhakā́saḥ | ábhavac ca pura-etā́ vasiṣṭhá ā́d ít tṛtsūnā́ṁ víśo aprathanta ||

Translation

Like firm staves, the Bharatas—still young in their growth—stood compact and well-knit, born of the luminous Cow (the Rays of knowledge). And Vasiṣṭha became their leader in the front; then indeed the peoples of the Tṛtsus spread out and grew in their ordered strength.

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Word by Word

• दण्डाः: staffs, rods
• दण्डाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• गो-अजनासः: goat(-like)/goat-associated people (epithet)
• गो-अजनासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: गो + अजन (प्रातिपदिक; अजन = अज-जन ‘goat-born/with goats’ अथवा ‘अज’ सम्बन्धी)

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• परि-च्छिन्नाः: cut off all around, hemmed in
• परि-च्छिन्नाः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: छिद् (धातु) + नि (उपसर्ग) ; परि- (उपसर्ग)

• भरताः: the Bharatas
• भरताः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत (प्रातिपदिक; जननाम)

• अर्भकासः: the young ones, youths/children
• अर्भकासः: Kartā (भरताः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अर्भक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभवत्: became, came to be
• अभवत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + अभि (उपसर्ग)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• पुर-एता: the leader going in front, vanguard
• पुर-एता: Kartā (वसिष्ठः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun (agent) / Adjective
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक) + एतृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √इ ‘to go’)

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषिनाम)

• आदित्: then, thereupon
• आदित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदित् (निपात)

• तृत्सूनाम्: of the Tṛtsus
• तृत्सूनाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृत्सु (प्रातिपदिक; जननाम)

• विशः: clans, settlements, peoples
• विशः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्रथन्त: spread out, expanded
• अप्रथन्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रथ् (धातु) + अ (उपसर्ग/प्रवृद्धि)