Mantra 14

Sukta 130

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मा त्वाभि सखा नो विदन्

IAST Transliteration

mā́ tvā́bhi sákʰā no vidan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let not our comrades find thee out (come upon thee).

Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards/against
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सखा: a friend
• सखा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विदन्: may they know / may they find
• विदन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने) धातु

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain (requires full hymn context).

Devata: Not explicit; functional devatā is ‘rakṣā’ (protective power) and the addressed ‘tvā’ in the larger verse.

Chandas: Uncertain from fragment.

Mantra Rasa

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