Rig Veda 7.31.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 31, Mantra 5

Sukta 7.31

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 7)

Devata: Indra (context of RV 7.31 as Indra-hymn)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (dominant meter in RV 7.31; this verse conforms to the Indra-Triṣṭubh style)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मा नो निदे च वक्तवेऽर्यो रन्धीरराव्णे । त्वे अपि क्रतुर्मम ॥

Transliteration

mā nó nidé ca váktave ’áryo randhī́r arā́vṇe | tvé ápi krátur máma ||

Translation

Nicht binde uns der feindliche Anspruchsteller an Tadel noch an das Wort der Verneinung; in dir möge auch mein krátu — Wille und rechte Einsicht — ruhen, o Macht, deren Fülle nicht zu rauben ist.

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Word by Word

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

• नः: us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary) / सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• निदे: in blame / in reproach
• निदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: निदा (नि-√दा ‘to blame’) / निन्दा-भाव

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वक्तवे: to speak / to say
• वक्तवे: Prayojana (purpose) / Karma (as verbal complement)
• Type: Verb (infinitive)
• Root: √वच् (वचँ) + तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्यः: the Arya (noble man/stranger)
• अर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्य (प्रातिपदिक) / aryá-

• रन्धीः: subdue / overpower
• रन्धीः: Kriyā (main verb); implied object = ‘us’
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रन्ध् (रन्धँ ‘to subdue, bring under, subject’)

• अराव्णे: to/for the hostile (one)
• अराव्णे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अराव्ण (प्रातिपदिक) / arā́vṇa- (‘harmful, hostile, injurious’)

• त्वे: in you
• त्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• अपि: also / indeed
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• क्रतुः: resolve / will / power of intention
• क्रतुः: Kartā (of implied ‘is/abides’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक) / kratú-

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्