Rig Veda 8.24.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 24, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.24

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न ते सव्यं न दक्षिणं हस्तं वरन्त आमुरः । न परिबाधो हरिवो गविष्टिषु ॥

Transliteration

ná te savyáṃ ná dákṣiṇaṃ hástaṃ varanta āmúraḥ | ná paribā́dho harivo gáviṣṭiṣu ||

Translation

Ni tu mano izquierda ni tu mano derecha es contenida por la inercia torpe; ni presión alguna que cerque puede encerrarte, oh Harivo, en la búsqueda de los Rayos de la Luz.

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) → त्वम्

• सव्यम्: left (side/hand)
• सव्यम्: कर्म (object of ‘varante’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सव्य

• न: nor
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• दक्षिणम्: right (side/hand)
• दक्षिणम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दक्षिण

• हस्तम्: hand
• हस्तम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त

• वरन्ते: they choose / they prefer
• वरन्ते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) ‘to choose, prefer, accept’

• आमुरः: the ‘Āmura’ people/men (a hostile group; name of a tribe/demons in Vedic usage)
• आमुरः: कर्तृ (subject of ‘varante’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमुर

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• परिबाधः: hindrance / oppression
• परिबाधः: कर्तृ/भाव (as ‘hindrance/oppression’ with implied ‘is’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-बाध (परिबाध) / √बाध ‘to press, oppress, hinder’

• हरिवः: O tawny-steeded one (Indra)
• हरिवः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet used in address)
• Root: हरिवत् (voc. harivaḥ) ‘having tawny steeds’ (epithet of Indra)

• गविष्टिषु: in the quests for cows / in cattle-raids (contests for cattle)
• गविष्टिषु: अधिकरण (locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गविष्टि