Rig Veda 2.27.11: Mandala 2, Sukta 27, Mantra 11
Sukta 2.27
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditional)
Devata: Ādityas (with vocative to Vasus; functional overlap of protective powers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न दक्षिणा वि चिकिते न सव्या न प्राचीनमादित्या नोत पश्चा । पाक्या चिद्वसवो धीर्या चिद्युष्मानीतो अभयं ज्योतिरश्याम् ॥
Transliteration
ná dakṣiṇā́ ví cikite ná savyā́ ná prācī́nam ādityā́ nóta paścā́ | pā́kyā cid vasavo dhī́ryā cid yuṣmā́nīto abháyaṃ jyótiḥ aśyām ||
Translation
アーディティヤたちよ、右も識られず左も識られず、東でもなくまた西でもない。幼き心によっても、賢き心によっても――汝らヴァス（光輝の力）に導かれて――われは無畏の光に到らん。
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
दक्षिणाthe right (side/hand)
दक्षिणा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, distinctly
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि
चिकितेperceives, discerns
चिकिते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootचित् (धातु) / Vedic: ‘चिकित्’ (to perceive/notice)
नnor
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
सव्याthe left (side/hand)
सव्या:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
प्राचीनम्the former/earlier (direction/time), eastward
प्राचीनम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्राचीन (प्रातिपदिक)
आदित्याO Ādityas
आदित्या:
—
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नnor
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
उतand also / even
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
पश्चाbehind, westward, afterwards
पश्चा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपश्चा
पाक्याchildlike, immature
पाक्या:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
वसवःO Vasus
वसवः:
—
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
धीऱ्याsteadfast, wise
धीऱ्या:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootधीऱ्य (प्रातिपदिक; from धीर ‘steady, wise’)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
युष्मानितःfrom you
युष्मानितः:
Apādāna
TypePronoun + Indeclinable (ablatival adverb)
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम) + इतस् (अव्यय)
अभयम्fearlessness, safety
अभयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअभय (प्रातिपदिक)
ज्योतिःlight
ज्योतिः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्याम्may I attain
अश्याम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (धातु) ‘to reach, obtain’
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