Rig Veda 1.191.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 191, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.191

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditional; see note above)

Devata: Sūrya/Āditya (by hymn-context) as the force that renders the unseen ineffective; verse itself is a direct adjuration of hostile agencies

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ये अंस्या ये अङ्ग्याः सूचीका ये प्रकङ्कताः । अदृष्टाः किं चनेह वः सर्वे साकं नि जस्यत ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.191.7

Transliteration

yé aṃsyā́ yé aṅgyā́ḥ sūcīkā́ yé prá-kaṅkatā́ḥ | adṛ́ṣṭāḥ kíṃ canéha vaḥ sárve sākáṃ ní jasyata ||

Translation

Ihr, die ihr durchbohrt und euch festklammert — ob ihr an der Schulter packt, an den Gliedern, wie Nadeln, oder mit verborgenen Stacheln stecht — o Unsichtbare, hier habt ihr keinen Ort. Ihr alle zusammen: werdet niedergetrieben und bezwungen.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अंस्याः: (those) of the ‘aṃsya’ kind (a class of harmful beings)
• अंस्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अंस्य (prātipadika; adj./noun)

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अङ्ग्याः: (those) of the ‘aṅgya’ kind (a class of harmful beings)
• अङ्ग्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्ग्य (prātipadika; adj./noun)

• सूचीका: needle-like ones; ‘sūcikā’ (a class of stinging/biting beings)
• सूचीका: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूचिका (prātipadika)

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• प्रकङ्कताः: ‘prakaṅkata’ (a class of harmful creatures/spirits)
• प्रकङ्कताः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकङ्कत (prātipadika)

• अदृष्टाः: unseen, invisible
• अदृष्टाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (PPP)
• Root: दृश् (dhātu) → क्त (PPP) = दृष्ट; with privative अ-

• किम्: anything
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (nipāta)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (nipāta)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (avyaya)

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (sarvanāma)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (prātipadika)

• साकम्: together
• साकम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साकम् (avyaya)

• नि: down; away (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• जस्यत: drive away!; smite down!
• जस्यत: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: जस् (dhātu; ‘to strike/drive away’, Vedic) with नि-