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Rig Veda 8.60.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 60, Mantra 8

Sukta 8.60

Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; needs metrical verification)

मा नो मर्ताय रिपवे रक्षस्विने माघशंसाय रीरधः । अस्रेधद्भिस्तरणिभिर्यविष्ठ्य शिवेभिः पाहि पायुभिः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.60.8

mā́ no mártāya ripáve rakṣasvíne mā́gha-śaṃsāya rīradhaḥ | asrédhad-bhis taráṇi-bhir yaviṣṭhya śivébhíḥ pāhi pāyú-bhiḥ ||

Gib uns nicht preis dem sterblichen Feind, noch dem Hüter der Finsternis, noch dem Übelredner. O jüngste Flamme, behüte uns mit deinen unfehlbaren Kräften des Hinübertragens und mit deinen heilvollen Schutzwächtern.

माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā
नःto/for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
मर्तायto a mortal
मर्ताय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त (प्रा.)
रिपवेto an enemy
रिपवे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootरिपु (प्रा.)
रक्षस्विनेto the guarding/protecting one (protector)
रक्षस्विने:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootरक्षस्विन् (प्रा.)
माघशंसायto the ‘praiser of the bountiful’ / to one who praises gifts
माघशंसाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमाघशंस (प्रा.)
रीरधःharm (us) / injure (us)
रीरधः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootराध् (धातु) / √rādh
अस्रेदद्भिःwith unfailing (ones)
अस्रेदद्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootस्रेद्/स्रिध् (धातु) + नञ्; ‘अ-’ + स्रेदद् (कृदन्त) (प्रा.)
तरणिभिःwith rescuers/saviours (overcomers)
तरणिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootतरणि (प्रा.) < √तॄ (तॄ/तॄण्) ‘to cross, overcome’
यविष्ठ्यO youngest/most vigorous (epithet)
यविष्ठ्य:
—
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootयविष्ठ्य (प्रा.) (vocative epithet; traditionally of इन्द्र/अग्नि depending on hymn)
शिवेभिःwith auspicious (ones/means)
शिवेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव (प्रा.)
पाहिprotect
पाहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु) / √pā ‘to protect’
पायुभिःwith protectors/guards
पायुभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपायु (प्रा.) < √पा ‘protector/guard’

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