Rig Veda 10.22.8: Mandala 10, Sukta 22, Mantra 8

Sukta 10.22

Rishi: Unknown from provided excerpt

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अकर्मा दस्युरभि नो अमन्तुरन्यव्रतो अमानुषः । त्वं तस्यामित्रहन्वधर्दासस्य दम्भय ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.22.8

Transliteration

akarmā́ dásyur abhí no amántur anyá-vrato amā́nuṣaḥ | tváṃ tásyāmitra-han vádhar dāsásya dambhaya ||

Translation

Der Dasyu, ohne wahre Werke, drängt gegen uns an — sinnlos, einem anderen Gelübde folgend, unmenschlich. Du aber, o Feinderschläger, zerschmettere die Waffenkraft jenes Dāsa; brich seine trügerische Macht.

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Word by Word

• अकर्मा: inactive, not performing (rites)
• अकर्मा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रा.) ← √कृ

• दस्युः: the Dasyu (hostile/impious foe)
• दस्युः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दस्यु (प्रा.)

• अभि: towards, against
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

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

• अमन्तुः: unthinking, witless
• अमन्तुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्तु (प्रा.) ← √मन्

• अन्यव्रतः: of another vow/observance (alien in rite)
• अन्यव्रतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रत (प्रा.)

• अमानुषः: non-human, inhuman
• अमानुषः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रा.)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• तस्य: of that (one)
• तस्य: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• अमित्रहन्: O slayer of foes
• अमित्रहन्: —
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: अमित्रहन् (प्रा.) ← √हन्

• वधः: slaying, killing
• वधः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रा.)

• दा: give, grant
• दा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (दाने/दत्तौ)

• दासस्य: of the Dāsa (enemy)
• दासस्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास (प्रा.)

• दम्भय: crush, subdue, confound
• दम्भय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दम्भ् (दम्भने) / √दभ् (हिंसायाम्) (वेद. caus.)