Rig Veda 2.7.2: Mandala 2, Sukta 7, Mantra 2

Sukta 2.7

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मा नो अरातिरीशत देवस्य मर्त्यस्य च । पर्षि तस्या उत द्विषः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 2.7.2

Transliteration

mā́ no arā́tir īśata devásya mártyasya ca | párṣi tásyā uta dvíṣaḥ ||

Translation

欠乏と邪なる支配の敵対の力が、われらを支配せぬように—神々の側からであれ、人の側からであれ。彼岸へと渡らしめよ、それらをも、また憎む者どもをも越えて。

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Word by Word

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

• नः: to/for us; of us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अरातिः: harm; hostility; mischief
• अरातिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराति- (प्रातिपदिक) < a-rāti (non-giving, harm)

• ईशत: may (it) rule/prevail over
• ईशत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईश्

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-

• मर्त्यस्य: of the mortal
• मर्त्यस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मर्त्य-

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पर्षि: carry across; save; protect
• पर्षि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ (पॄ/पृ) ‘to carry over, bring across, save’

• तस्याः: from that (harm/hostility)
• तस्याः: Apādāna (source: ‘from that/her’ in sense ‘from it’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• उत: and also; moreover
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• द्विषः: from the enemy; from the hater
• द्विषः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विष् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक: द्विष् → द्विष्- ‘hater, enemy’)