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Mantra 5

Sukta 2

मा त्वा दभन् परियान्तमाजिं स्वस्ति दुर्गां अति याहि शीभम्। दिवं च सूर्य पृथिवीं च देवी महोरात्रे विमिमानो यदेषि

mā́ tvā dabhān pariyā́ntam ājím svásti durgā́m áti yāhi śībhám | dívaṁ ca sū́rya pṛthivī́ṁ ca devī́ mahórātré vimímāno yád éṣi ||

Let none assail thee as thou goest circling on thy course: in welfare pass beyond the perilous strait, swiftly. Heaven and Earth, O Sūrya—(thou) divine—measuring out the great Day and Night, when thou goest.

माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) अव्यय
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
दभन्may (they) harm/deceive
दभन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootदभ् (हिंसायाम्/द्रोहे)
परिaround; completely
परि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यान्तम्(you) going; proceeding
यान्तम्:
Karma
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootया (गत्यर्थे)
आजिम्to the contest/battle; race
आजिम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootआजि (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा √अज् (गत्यर्थे) से निष्पन्न
स्वस्तिwell-being; safely
स्वस्ति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वस्ति (अव्यय/नाम)
दुर्गाम्the difficult passage; danger
दुर्गाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदुर्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
अतिacross; beyond
अति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
याहिgo; proceed
याहि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootया (गत्यर्थे)
शीभम्swiftly
शीभम्:
TypeAdverbial noun
Rootशीभ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शीघ्र/वेग’)
दिवम्heaven; sky
दिवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘दिव्/द्यौः’)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
सूर्यO Sun
सूर्य:
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथिवीम्earth
पृथिवीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
देवीO Goddess (Divine one)
देवी:
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
महो-रात्रेO Day-and-Night (great pair)
महो-रात्रे:
TypeNoun (dual vocative)
Rootमहो-रात्रि (समास: महत् + रात्रि)
विमिमानःmeasuring out; apportioning
विमिमानः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootवि + मा (माने/मितौ)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
एषिyou go; you move
एषि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootइ (गत्यर्थे)

Rishi: Atharvanic solar-stuti seer tradition (general).

Devata: Sūrya; implicitly Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (Heaven and Earth) as cosmic frame.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (mixed).

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