Rig Veda 7.34.17 — Mandala 7, Sukta 34, Mantra 17

Sukta 7.34

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (presumed)

Devata: Ahi Budhnya (appeased/propitiated)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मा नोऽहिर्बुध्न्यो रिषे धान्मा यज्ञो अस्य स्रिधदृतायोः ॥

Transliteration

mā́ no’ hírbudhnyó riṣé dhā́n mā́ yajñó asya srídhad ṛtāyóḥ ॥

Translation

Ahi Budhnya möge uns nicht schädigen; unser Opfer für ihn falle nicht ab von den zwei Mächten der Ṛta — rechtem Gesetz und wahrhaftigem Sein.

Word by Word

• मा: not; may … not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) अव्यय

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अहिः: serpent
• अहिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहि-

• बुध्न्यः: of the deep; subterranean
• बुध्न्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुध्न्य- (बुध्न ‘तल/गर्भ’ + य) विशेषण

• रिषे: may (he) injure
• रिषे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिष्

• धात्: let (him) put/inflict
• धात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा

• मा: not; may … not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) अव्यय

• यज्ञः: sacrifice; ritual
• यज्ञः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-

• अस्य: of this; of him/it
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• स्रिधत्: may (it) go astray / fail
• स्रिधत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्रिध्

• ऋतायोः: of the two ṛta-followers / two truthful (ones)
• ऋतायोः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: ऋतायू- (ऋत + आयु) विशेषण/नाम