Rig Veda 8.47.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 47, Mantra 2

Sukta 8.47

Rishi: Not determinable from excerpt.

Devata: Ādityas.

Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from excerpt.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विदा देवा अघानामादित्यासो अपाकृतिम् । पक्षा वयो यथोपरि व्यस्मे शर्म यच्छतानेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.47.2

Transliteration

vidā́ devā́ aghā́nām ādityāso apā́kṛtim | pakṣā́ váyo yáthopári vy àsmé śárma yacchatānéhaso va ūtáyaḥ su-ūtáyaḥ va ūtáyaḥ ||

Translation

Sachant, ô dieux Ādityas, comment écarter les maux, rejetez le mal. Comme les ailes sont à l’oiseau pour s’élever au-dessus, ainsi déployez pour nous une paix qui abrite. Ô Infaillibles, vos protections — vos bonnes protections — sont notre refuge.

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Word by Word

• विदा: knowingly; with knowledge
• विदा: Adhikaraṇa (manner/means: ‘by knowing/knowingly’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विद् (√vid ‘to know/find’) / विदा (avyaya ‘with knowledge/knowing’)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika)

• अघानाम्: of evils; of sins
• अघानाम्: Sambandha (genitive: ‘of evils/sins’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (prātipadika)

• आदित्याः: the Ādityas
• आदित्याः: Kartā (apposition to देवाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (prātipadika)

• अपाकृतिम्: removal; driving away
• अपाकृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपाकृति (prātipadika; apa-ā-√kṛ ‘removal, driving away’)

• पक्षाः: wings
• पक्षाः: Kartā (metaphorical subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (prātipadika)

• वयः: a bird; fowl (collective)
• वयः: Kartā (in apposition/collective with पक्षाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (prātipadika)

• यथा: as; just as
• यथा: Adhikaraṇa (comparative manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• उपरि: above; upwards
• उपरि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि

• वि: apart; forth (intensifier with verb)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (prefix/preverb)

• अस्मे: for us; to us
• अस्मे: Sampradāna (dative sense: ‘for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• शर्म: shelter; protection; comfort
• शर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन् (prātipadika)

• यच्छत: grant (you all)!
• यच्छत: Kriyā (main verb); governs कर्म ‘शर्म’ and सम्प्रदान ‘अस्मे’
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (√yam ‘to give/extend, grant’; Vedic: ‘bestow’)

• अनेहसः: unharming; untroubling
• अनेहसः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject ‘aids’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेहस् (prātipadika; a-neh-as ‘untroubled, unharmed’)

• वः: of you; your
• वः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun)

• ऊतयः: helps; protections
• ऊतयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (prātipadika)

• सुतयः: pressings; soma-libations
• सुतयः: Kartā (in apposition to ऊतयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुति (prātipadika; from √su ‘press’ → ‘pressing/pressed (soma)’, ‘libations’)

• वः: of you; your
• वः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun)

• ऊतयः: helps; protections
• ऊतयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (prātipadika)