Mantra 7

Sukta 37

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मा ते अस्यां सहसावन् परिष्टावघाय भूम हरिवः परादौ। त्रायस्व नोऽवृकेभिर्वरूथैस्तव प्रियासः सूरिषु स्याम

IAST Transliteration

mā́ te asyā́ṃ sahasāvan páriṣṭāv ághāya bhūma harivo parādáu | trā́yasva no ’vṛ́kebhir várūthaís táva priyā́saḥ sū́riṣu syāma

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let us not, O Might-possessor, in this our praise be for evil; far off, O Lord of bays, be harm! Protect us with thy wolf-less shelters; may we be thy dear ones among the chieftains.

Translation

力ある者よ、この讃歌において我らが悪を招くことなかれ。褐毛の馬の主よ、害は遠く去れ。狼なき護り（varūtha）もって我らを守り給え。諸族長の中にあって、我らが汝の愛しき者となりますように。

Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) / mā

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) / tvad

• अस्याम्: in this (woman/thing/place)
• अस्याम्: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (स्त्री.) / idam

• सहसावन्: O mighty one (possessing strength)
• सहसावन्: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: सहस् + वन् (प्रातिपदिक) / sahasāvan

• परिष्टौ: in the surrounding praise / in the encircling invocation
• परिष्टौ: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिष्टु (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) / pariṣṭu

• अघाय: for harm / for evil
• अघाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक) / agha

• भूम: may we be / let us become
• भूम: कर्तृ (वयं) / speaker as agent
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) / bhū

• हरिवः: O Harivas (Indra; having tawny steeds)
• हरिवः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: हरि + वस् (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र-विशेषण) / harivas

• परादौ: far away / at a distance
• परादौ: अधिकरण (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial loc.)
• Root: परादि (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / parādau

• त्रायस्व: protect
• त्रायस्व: कर्तृ (त्वम्) / addressed agent
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रा (धातु) / trā

• नः: us
• नः: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् / asmad

• अवृकेभिः: with wolf-less (i.e., safe, non-harmful)
• अवृकेभिः: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-वृक (प्रातिपदिक) / avṛka

• वरूथैः: with protections / shelters
• वरूथैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरूथ (प्रातिपदिक) / varūtha

• तव: your
• तव: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् / yuṣmad

• प्रियासः: dear ones / favorites
• प्रियासः: कर्तृ (स्याम् के) / subject complement
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) / priya

• सूरिषु: among patrons/benefactors (sūris)
• सूरिषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि (प्रातिपदिक) / sūri

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: कर्तृ (वयं)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) / as

Attribution

Rishi: As in RV parallel source

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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