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Rig Veda 7.62.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 62, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.62

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī and Aditi; with Varuṇa, Vāyu, Mitra invoked as moral-vital powers
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

द्यावाभूमी अदिते त्रासीथां नो ये वां जज्ञुः सुजनिमान ऋष्वे । मा हेळे भूम वरुणस्य वायोर्मा मित्रस्य प्रियतमस्य नृणाम् ॥

Transliteration

dyā́vābhūmī adite trā́sīthāṃ no yé vāṃ jajñúḥ sujánimāna ṛṣvé | mā́ héḷe bhūma váruṇasya vāyór mā́ mitrásya priyátamasya nṛṇā́m ||

Translation

يا سماءَ وأرضَ، يا أديتي، احفظانا—نحن الذين وُلدنا في تَكَوُّنِكما النبيل السامي. فلا نقعنَّ في سَخَطِ فَرُونَة، ولا في عدمِ رِضا فَايُو؛ ولا في أذى مِتْرَا، الأحبِّ إلى الناس.

Word by Word
द्यावाthe two (Heaven-)Skies
द्यावा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्याव् (प्रातिपदिक: द्यौ/द्याव-)
भूमीthe two Earths / Heaven-and-Earth (paired)
भूमी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
अदितेO Aditi
अदिते:
(सम्बोधन) संबोधित देवता
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
त्रासीथाम्protect (you two)!
त्रासीथाम्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootत्रा (धातु; ‘to protect’)
नःus / for us
नः:
Karma (प्राप्त्यर्थे) / Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
येwho
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्
वाम्of you two
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
जज्ञुःhave known / recognized
जज्ञुः:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु; ‘to know’)
सुजनिमानः(those) of good birth / well-born
सुजनिमानः:
Kartā (apposition to ये)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसु- + जनिमन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good birth/origin’)
ऋष्वेO lofty ones
ऋष्वे:
(सम्बोधन) संबोधित देवता
TypeAdjective (vocative/locative nuance in Vedic)
Rootऋष्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘lofty, exalted’)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध-अव्यय)
हेळेin (your) wrath
हेळे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहेळा/हेळि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wrath, offense’)
भूमmay we be / let us fall
भूम:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु; ‘to be’)
वरुणस्यof Varuṇa
वरुणस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
वायोःof Vāyu
वायोः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootवायु (प्रातिपदिक)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध-अव्यय)
मित्रस्यof Mitra
मित्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रियतमस्यmost dear
प्रियतमस्य:
विशेषण (to मित्रस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रियतम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of प्रिय)
नृणाम्of men / of people
नृणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक)
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