Rig Veda 1.25.14: Mandala 1, Sukta 25, Mantra 14
Sukta 1.25
Rishi: वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha) (traditional attribution for RV 1.25)
Devata: वरुण (Varuṇa)
Chandas: त्रिष्टुभ् (Triṣṭubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न यं दिप्सन्ति दिप्सवो न द्रुह्वाणो जनानाम् । न देवमभिमातयः ॥
Transliteration
ná yaṃ dípsanti dipsávo ná druhvā́ṇo jánānām | ná devám abhímātayaḥ ||
Translation
لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ طَالِبُونَ مُعَادُونَ أَنْ يَقْبِضُوا، وَلَا الغَادِرُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ؛ وَلَا تَسْتَطِيعُ القُوَى المُهَاجِمَةُ أَنْ تُسْقِطَ الإِلَهَ—فَإِذَا قَامَ قَانُونُ الحَقِّ (ṛta) لَمْ تَجِدِ البَاطِلَةُ مَوْطِئًا.
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नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दिप्सन्ति(they) seek to harm / try to deceive
दिप्सन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदिप्स् (धातु; desiderative base from दभ्/दिप् in Vedic usage ‘to harm/deceive’)
दिप्सवःharm-seekers, would-be deceivers
दिप्सवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदिप्सु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; desiderative/agent noun ‘one who seeks to harm’)
नnor / not
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
द्रुह्वाणःthose who are treacherous / plotting harm
द्रुह्वाणः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootद्रुह् (धातु) → द्रुह्वाण (वर्तमान कृदन्त/participle)
जनानाम्of men, of people
जनानाम्:
—
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
नnor / not
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
देवम्the god (Varuṇa)
देवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिमातयःhostile assaults, enmities
अभिमातयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअभि-मा (धातु) → अभिमाति (कृदन्त/भाववाचक-प्रातिपदिक; ‘hostile attack, enmity’)
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