Rig Veda 8.83.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 83, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.83

Devata: Ādityas (collective), emphasizing their protective and purifying sovereignty

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वामस्य हि प्रचेतस ईशानाशो रिशादसः । नेमादित्या अघस्य यत् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.83.5

Transliteration

vāmásya hí prá-cetasa ī́śānāso riśā́dasaḥ | némādityā aghásya yat ||

Translation

Pues vosotros, los clarividentes, despiertos en la conciencia, sois señores del bien deseable, destructores de lo dañino; oh Ādityas, no cedéis al embate del mal.

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Word by Word

• वामस्य: of Vāma / of the gracious one
• वामस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वाम (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: सम्बन्ध-बोधक (emphatic/causal particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• प्रचेतसः: the wise/foreknowing ones
• प्रचेतसः: कर्तृ (of the clause)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्र-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईशानाशः: the rulers, sovereigns
• ईशानाशः: कर्तृ (apposition to प्रचेतसः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक; from √ईश् ‘to rule, be master’)

• रिशादसः: destroyers of harm
• रिशादसः: कर्तृ (apposition to प्रचेतसः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: रिशादस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘harm-eating/destroying’, from रिशा ‘injury’ + अदस्/√अद् ‘eat’)

• न: not
• न: प्रतिषेध (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• इम: this
• इम: कर्म (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• आदित्याः: O Ādityas / the Ādityas
• आदित्याः: कर्तृ (vocative-like address/subject in Vedic style)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अघस्य: of sin/evil
• अघस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which/whatever
• यत्: सम्बन्ध (relative-correlative link; refers to इम)
• Type: Indeclinable (relative particle) / Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/सम्बन्ध-निपात)