Rig Veda 7.104.13 — Mandala 7, Sukta 104, Mantra 13
Sukta 7.104
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Soma with explicit linkage to Indra (Indra’s prasiti as executive power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न वा उ सोमो वृजिनं हिनोति न क्षत्रियं मिथुया धारयन्तम् । हन्ति रक्षो हन्त्यासद्वदन्तमुभाविन्द्रस्य प्रसितौ शयाते ॥
Transliteration
ná vā u sómo vṛjináṃ hinoti ná kṣatríyaṃ mithuyā́ dhāráyantam | hánti rákṣo hánty ásad vádantam ubhā́v índrasya prásitau śayāte ||
Translation
Soma treibt den Krummen nicht voran, noch den Kṣatriya, der an Trug und Verwirrung festhält. Er schlägt den Rakṣas; er schlägt den Unwahrredenden — beide liegen im Zugriff von Indras gelenkter Macht.
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नnot
न:
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TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
वाindeed / or
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
उindeed, surely
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ
सोमःSoma (the sacred drink/deity)
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
वृजिनम्harm, wrongdoing, misfortune
वृजिनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृजिन (प्रातिपदिक)
हिनोतिimpels / harms
हिनोति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहि (धातु; हिंसागत्योः/प्रेरणे; Vedic: ‘to impel, injure’)
हिfor, indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
क्षत्रियम्a Kṣatriya (warrior/noble)
क्षत्रियम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
मिथुयाfalsely, deceitfully
मिथुया:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमिथुया
धारयन्तम्holding, maintaining
धारयन्तम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootधृ (धातु; धारणे)
हन्तिslays
हन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु; हिंसागत्योः)
रक्षःdemon, Rākṣasa
रक्षः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
हन्तिslays
हन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु; हिंसागत्योः)
असद्वदन्तम्speaking untruth / speaking wrongly
असद्वदन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअसत् + वद् (धातु; वदने)
उभौboth (of them)
उभौ:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootउभ (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रसितौin the snare/constraint; in the reach (of punishment)
प्रसितौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसिति (प्रातिपदिक)
शयातेlie, rest (are laid)
शयाते:
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TypeVerb
Rootशी (धातु; शयने) / Vedic middle of √शी
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