Rig Veda 8.24.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 24, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.24
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विश्वानि विश्वमनसो धिया नो वृत्रहन्तम । उग्र प्रणेतरधि षू वसो गहि ॥
Transliteration
viśvā́ni viśvámanaso dhiyā́ no vṛtrahantama | úgra pranetár ádhi ṣú vaso gahi ||
Translation
اے آور کو مارنے والے، ہم اپنے پورے دل والی سوچ سے سب چیزوں کو پکڑنا چاہتے ہیں۔ اے سخت رہنما، یہاں آ، ہماری دولتوں پر بیٹھ اور انہیں ہم میں مضبوط کر۔
Word by Word
विश्वानिall (things)
विश्वानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वमनसःof (you) whose mind is all-embracing / all-minded
विश्वमनसः:
Sambandha (genitive epithet)
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound used as epithet)
Rootविश्व-मनस् (समास; मनस् < √मन् ‘to think’)
धियाwith (our) thought / by devotion
धिया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधी (स्त्री; < √धी ‘to think, perceive’)
नःof us / our
नः:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
वृत्रहन्तमthe Vṛtra-slayer
वृत्रहन्तम:
Karma
TypeAdjective (accusative epithet)
Rootवृत्र-हन् (कृदन्त; हन् < √हन् ‘to slay’)
उग्रO mighty one
उग्र:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रणेतःO leader / guide
प्रणेतः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun/Agent (vocative)
Rootप्र-नी (कृदन्त; √नी ‘to lead’)
अधिupon, over; in addition
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa (prepositional)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअधि
सूindeed, just, now
सू:
(particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु/सू (निपात; Vedic emphatic particle)
वसोO good one / O benefactor
वसो:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
गहिcome!
गहि:
(addressed action)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् ‘to go, come’
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