Rig Veda 8.67.8 — Mandala 8, Sukta 67, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.67
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मा नः सेतुः सिषेदयं महे वृणक्तु नस्परि । इन्द्र इद्धि श्रुतो वशी ॥
Transliteration
mā naḥ setuḥ siset ayaṃ mahe vṛṇaktu naḥ pari | indra id dhi śruto vaśī ||
Translation
Que ce pont ne soit pas tranché pour nous ; qu’il nous choisisse et nous enveloppe de toutes parts pour le grand passage. Car Indra, en vérité, est celui dont on a entendu la renommée, le maître de la puissance.
Word by Word
माdo not / lest
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सेतुःbarrier, dam; boundary
सेतुः:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसेतु- (प्रातिपदिक)
सिषेदयम्may I cause (it) to succeed / may I make (it) prosper
सिषेदयम्:
कर्तृ (speaker as agent) / विधेय
TypeVerb
Rootसिध्/सिध् (Vedic: ‘to succeed, prosper’) → causative stem सिषेदय-
महेto me
महे:
सम्प्रदान (recipient)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
वृणक्तुlet (him) choose / grant
वृणक्तु:
कर्तृ (implicit subject) + कर्म (object implied)
TypeVerb
Rootवृज्/वृण् (वृणक्ति) ‘to choose, select, grant’
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
परिaround, on all sides; fully
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/adverb)
Rootपरि
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र-
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (emphatic particle) < id
हिfor, indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
श्रुतःheard-of, renowned
श्रुतः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
Rootश्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (PPP) / श्रुत-
वशीmighty, controlling, masterful
वशी:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootवशिन्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘having control, master’
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