Rig Veda 8.45.34: Mandala 8, Sukta 45, Mantra 34
Sukta 8.45
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मा न एकस्मिन्नागसि मा द्वयोरुत त्रिषु । वधीर्मा शूर भूरिषु ॥
Transliteration
mā na ékasminn ā́gasi mā dváyor utá tríṣu | vadhī́r mā śūra bhū́riṣu ||
Translation
لا تضربْنا لذنبٍ واحد، ولا لاثنين، ولا حتى لثلاثة؛ ولا تقتلْنا، أيها البطل، لكثرةِ (النقائص) فينا.
Word by Word
माdo not / lest
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
नःus
नः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक) / enclitic pronoun
एकस्मिन्in one
एकस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
आगसिin (a) sin/offence
आगसि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootआगस् (प्रातिपदिक)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
द्वयोःin/among two
द्वयोः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootद्वि (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand / also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
त्रिषुin/among three
त्रिषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
वधीःyou should not strike/kill
वधीः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवध् (धातु)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
शूरO hero (Indra)
शूर:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
भूरिषुin many (offences/ways)
भूरिषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (quantifier)
Rootभूरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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