Rig Veda 8.67.8 — Mandala 8, Sukta 67, Mantra 8

Sukta 8.67

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मा नः सेतुः सिषेदयं महे वृणक्तु नस्परि । इन्द्र इद्धि श्रुतो वशी ॥

Transliteration

mā naḥ setuḥ siset ayaṃ mahe vṛṇaktu naḥ pari | indra id dhi śruto vaśī ||

Translation

لا تُقطَعْ عنا هذه القنطرة؛ ولتخترْنا ولتُحِطْ بنا لعبورٍ عظيم. فإنَّ إندرا حقًّا هو المشهورُ المسموعُ به، سيِّدُ القوّة.

Word by Word

• मा: do not / lest
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) / mā́

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सेतुः: barrier, dam; boundary
• सेतुः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सिषेदयम्: may I cause (it) to succeed / may I make (it) prosper
• सिषेदयम्: कर्तृ (speaker as agent) / विधेय
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिध्/सिध् (Vedic: ‘to succeed, prosper’) → causative stem सिषेदय-

• महे: to me
• महे: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वृणक्तु: let (him) choose / grant
• वृणक्तु: कर्तृ (implicit subject) + कर्म (object implied)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृज्/वृण् (वृणक्ति) ‘to choose, select, grant’

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• परि: around, on all sides; fully
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: परि

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र-

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (emphatic particle) < id

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• श्रुतः: heard-of, renowned
• श्रुतः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (PPP) / श्रुत-

• वशी: mighty, controlling, masterful
• वशी: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वशिन्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘having control, master’